Describe the interactions between plants and animals living in a pond. Name the various components of any two food chains which one observes in a pond.
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producers zooplankton snail cyclones fish Decomproser
Answer:Food Chains in Water
Aquatic food chains are where things get interesting. Much of the ocean remains unexplored, and food chains in water-based environments are often complex and surprising to us land-dwellers. The most famous example is chemosynthesis, which we'll cover later. But even the aquatic food chains that follow expected patterns can be fascinating.
Decomposers play a crucial role here too, as aquatic decomposers distribute nutrients not just into the soil, but throughout the water column, feeding the plankton that form the base of all aquatic food chains.
Algae - otocinclus catfish - osprey
Algae - mosquito larvae - dragonfly larvae - fish - raccoons
Crayfish - catfish - humans
Insect - fish - humans
Mayflies - trout - humans
Phytoplankton - copepod - fish - squid - seal - orca - brittle star
Phytoplankton - copepod - bluefish - swordfish - human
Phytoplankton - copepod - bluehead wrasse - striper - sea cucumber
Phytoplankton - zooplankton - anchovy - tuna - humans
Phytoplankton - zooplankton - fish - seal - great white shark
Phytoplankton - zooplankton - herring - harbor seal
Plankton - shrimp - herring - cat
Plankton - snail - mackerel - shark
Plankton - snail - tuna - dolphin
Plankton - threadfin shad - bass - humans
Seaweed - periwinkle - ragworm - curlew
Caterpillars - turtles - alligators - humans
Watercress - mayfly larva - stickleback
Chemosynthetic Food Chains
Until the 1970s, it was accepted scientific fact that all energy on Earth comes from the sun. Every food chain was based on plants turning sunlight into energy. Then, deep-sea submersibles discovered whole ecosystems that existed in the darkest depths of the ocean.
There, microbes that never saw the sun derived nutrients from compounds vented into the water from deep in the Earth's crust and produced chemicals that supported whole new food webs never dreamt of on the surface. That's chemosynthesis. Here are some examples.
Bacteria - clams - octopus
Bacteria - copepods - shrimp - zoarcid fish
Bacteria - tubeworms - zoarcid fish
Microbes - ridgeia tubeworms - spider crab - octopus
Microbes - shrimp - crabs
Mussels - brachyuran crabs - octopus
Mussels - shrimp - anemone
Tubeworms - crabs - shrimp - zoarcid fish