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Producers - Carry out photosynthesis and make food |
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Consumer - Feed on other organisms for energy
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Herbivores - Specific consumer that eats
only plants
Example: alewife, water penny, aquatic worm |
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Carnivores - Specific consumer that eats
only other animals
Example: smallmouth bass, bluegill, sculpin, hellgramite |
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Omnivore - Specific consumer that eats
both plants and other animals
Example: cranefly, dragonfly, mayfly, shiner |
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Dietriatovores - eat organic matter
Example: crayfish |
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Parasites - one benefits, one does not
Example: leech |
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Decomposers: Feed on nonliving organic material
Example: bacteria, fungi |