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Primary consumers that live in streams get their nutrition from consuming algae, detritus, and smaller organisms like insects and invertebrates. These organisms form the base of the stream food chain and provide energy for higher trophic levels.
Since they consume algae and protozoans you could argue that they are both primary and secondary consumers being that they are omnivorous.
A consumer that eats producers is called a primary consumer. Water buffalo eat grass, which is a producer. This means that buffalo are primary consumers.
a. protozoa - Consumers b. slime molds - Saprophytic c. algae - Photosynthetic d. water molds - Parasitic
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An example of a four-step water food chain could be: phytoplankton (primary producers) are consumed by zooplankton (primary consumers), which are then eaten by small fish (secondary consumers), and finally, larger predatory fish (tertiary consumers) prey on the small fish. This chain illustrates the flow of energy and nutrients from the primary producers at the bottom to the top predators in the aquatic ecosystem.
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Potatoes don't consume anything, apart from water they are not consumers.
No, mussels are not primary consumers; they are classified as filter feeders and are considered secondary consumers. They feed on phytoplankton and other microscopic organisms in the water, which makes them more aligned with the role of primary producers. However, since they consume organisms that are primary producers, they play a crucial role in the aquatic food web.
The water beetle is not a producer. The water beetle is a secondary consumer. The secondary consumers are the carnivores that eat primary consumers, like tadpoles.
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