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Zooplankton are both primary and secondary consumers. If they eat algae or cyanobacteria they will be primary consumers. If they eat other zooplankton then they would be secondary consumers. Just as people may eat plants thus making them primary or eat meat making them secondary.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 7y agono,since they themselves are consumed
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∙ 8y agoSome are (the zooplankton), some are not (the phytoplankton).
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∙ 7y agoNo, phytoplankton are plants which means the are producers.
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What are the primary consumers of the sea?
sea urchins are one example of secondary consumers in the marine biome ?
What are primary consumers and producers in the Neritic zone?
Secondary and Tertiary Consumers that are in the Neritic Zone are: larger fish, fish-eating birds, seals, sharks, human fishermen Producers if the Neritic Zone are: phytoplankton or autotrophic producers, and zooplankton, or heterotrophic producers
Are fish primary consumers or secondary consumers?
primary consumer
Are seals primary consumers?
The primary consumers in the Arctic Ocean are phytoplankton and crustaceans that consume the zooplankton. Harp seals are secondary consumers, which mainly eat fish like Arctic cod and Arctic char, and some crustaceans. The top predators, or tertiary consumers, are polar bears and the Orca whale.
Are fish primary consumer?
The ones that eat vegetation are primary consumers. The fish that eat other fish are secondary consumers
Is an shark a primary consumer?
No. Primary consumers are herbivores (vegetarian). They eat plants, not other animals. A shark would be at least a tertiary consumer as the fish it eats, eat other fish, which eat other fish, which eat krill, which eat zooplankton, which eat phytoplankton.
Who are the primary consumers in a pond ecosystem?
Tertiary consumers in a pond are most of the medium-sized organisms like fish that eat insects or other fish. One example would be a catfish. They still have to worry about other predators like hawks and other birds.
Is a penguin a consumer primary?
Penguins are not a primary consumer. They are known as secondary consumers as they eat small fish. Those small fish are primary consumers.
Is sea anemone a secondary or primary consumer?
no because it eats fish which are primary consumers
Is a polar bear a 4th level consumer?
A polar is a fourth-level or tertiary consumer. This means that it is at the top of the food chain. Primary consumer in a polar bear's habitat are things like zooplankton. Secondary consumers are the fish that eat the plankton and third or tertiary consumers are the seals that eat the fish.
Consumers in coral reef?
Larger fish on the reef are secondary consumers. They are secondary consumers as they eat the primary consumers such as smaller fish and plankton.
What are 3 primary consumers in the temperate forest?
The primary consumers are opossums, skunks, deer, rodents, fish, birds, and bears.
