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Are zooplankton eating fish primary consumers?
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.
Is a clam a primary consumer?
Clams are secondary consumers. They eat on zoo planktons. The food chain starts with the primary producers which is then followed by the primary consumers and then the secondary consumers. The secondary consumers feed on the primary consumers.
What does an oysters diet consist of?
Oysters eat plankton and mostly phytoplankton which means they are primary consumers according to the food chain
Are phytoplankton in a freshwater ecosystem primary consumers?
No, They are primarily consumed!
Is Zooplankton a secondary consumer?
Only if they eat other zooplankton (other consumers). Most likely though, they are eating phytoplankton (producers), which makes them primary consumers.
Are krill producer?
No, krill are primary consumers, they eat producers (phytoplankton).
Do plankton eat algae?
Some plankton do eat algae. Phytoplankton are a form of algae, and some zooplankton are consumers of phytoplankton.
What do consumers eat secondary consumers?
Secondary Consumers eat other primary consumers. Primary consumers eat plants or producers.
What is a secondary primary and Tertiary consumer?
Primary consumers eat primary producers(plant-eaters). Secondary consumers eat primary consumers (meat-eaters) Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers. Quaternary consumers eat tertiary consumers.
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.
Do primary consumers eat other primary consumers?
no
What are primary secondary and tertiary consumers in the tropical rain forest?
primary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the producers secondary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the primary consumers tertiary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the secondary consumers
