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Algae is a vital food source for marine organisms from plankton to the tadpoles of frogs.
Seaweed is also an algae and not only is grazed by fish but is a valuable fertilsier for use in farming. Algae may also be responsible for kick starting the generation of oxygen in the atmosphere of the early Earth. Photosynthesis is a clever trick that algae and plants have developed to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars and oxygen. We owe our life to this process since it gives us food and air to breathe.
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What defines the ecological role of organisms?
A niche I think
If an organism converts energy in the environment into food what is the ecological role of the organism?
The role of the organism would be a producer.
If you found bald eagles algae mosquito larvae and salmon within the same ecosystem what role would each organism most likely play?
The larvae would be the heteroplasmic ruler, then the algae, then the mosquito, then the salmon, and finally the eagle.
What is an example of a beneficial protist?
The protophyta, or algae, are the protists which play the most beneficial role for humans. They create food and respirate oxygen.
What role does algae play in keeping water clean?
Algae absorb nutrients or chemicals from the water source, thereby keeping it clean by removing contaminants. ADDENDUMAs is not nice in the world of algae good works! If algae proliferate when nutrients are high they may die off when conditions change. The masses of rotting algae (algae blooms) rob oxygen from the water and kill fish and give an off taste to the water. The floating, rotting blooms are aesthetically unappealing. Secondly the algae may remove contaminants like heavy metals from the water, but they concentrate it in their bodies. The algae die and precipitate toxic levels of the heavy metals on fish spawning beds
What important ecological role is shared by the macroscopic algae?
Macroscopic algae is better known as seaweed. An important ecological role that is shared by macroscopic algae is that it helps to clean the sea, prevents erosion and it serves as a food for fish and plankton.
What ecological role do the fishes in the open-water zone and the fishes in swamps fill?
They are the ones that keep the algae from growing tomuch
What ecological role do the fishes in the open water zone and the fishes in swamp fill?
They are the ones that keep the algae from growing tomuch
What is red algae ecological niche?
It is a producer .
What are species that play a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community?
Keystone Species
What important ecological role do vultures play?
The important of vulture is it helps to continue the food chain process.
What is the ecological role of the quagga?
The ecological role of a quagga is almost identical to a zebra. They are considered a consumer in our ecosystem.
What ecological roles do animals fulfill?
Animals fulfil their ecological roles in various ways. They are part of the food web and they will play their respective role as a predator or as prey in the food web.
Scientists are concerned that the depletion of the ozone layer will result in a reduction of populations of marine algae such as diatoms and dinoflagellates. Recall the ecological role of these organi?
They are the first organisms in the aquatic food chain.
What role does the pygmy three toed sloth play in the rainforest?
It provides a home for a special kind of algae
What is an energy role?
It is a ecological function.
What is an ecological functional role?
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