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1 Reef Food Webs www.reefcheckaustralia.org Reef IQ Program

2 Reef Food Webs A food chain shows the transfer of energy (food) between animals and plants. For example a simple food chain might show an arrow going from grass to a cow to a human, demonstrating who eats what. A food web shows many different food chains interlinked. The following shows how quite a complex food web is constructed using the marine organisms you have been studying.

3 www.reefcheckaustralia.org Which organisms get energy from the sun? Sun

4 Coral and zooxanthellae! Algae! Plankton! www.reefcheckaustralia.org Sun

5 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org Which fish eat coral? Sun

6 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org Parrotfish! Sun

7 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org Parrotfish Which fish eat algae? Sun

8 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org Parrotfish!Damselfish! Sun

9 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Which fish eat plankton? Sun

10 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish! Sun

11 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Which fish eat parrotfish and damselfish? Sun

12 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Coral Trout! Sun

13 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Coral Trout Which fish eat parrotfish, damselfish and coral trout? Sun

14 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Coral Trout! Sharks! Sun

15 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Coral Trout! Sharks Which animals feed on the dead and dying plant and animal matter keeping the marine environment clean? Sun

16 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Coral Trout! Sharks Clams! Crayfish! Sponges! Dead and Decaying Sun

17 Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Plankton www.reefcheckaustralia.org ParrotfishDamselfish Coral Trout! Sharks Clams Crayfish Sponges Dead and Decaying Sun

18 Now create your own food web using the Australian land organisms below or choose your own! Eucalypt (gum tree)Echidna PossumWallaby KangarooCockatoo WombatTiger snake GrassCrocodile TermiteWattle Tree KookaburraKoala Dingo Wedge-tail eagle Cricket www.reefcheckaustralia.org

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