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With photosynthesis, kelp use sunlight to make its own food, just like plants do. All living things need water. Kelp are neither plants nor animals; they are protists.

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How can food webs change?

Living things in a food web depend on one another. Suppose the population of one organism in a food web changes. A population is all the members of a single type of organism in an environment.Kelp ForestsWhen one population in a food web changes, all the populations in the food web can also be affected. This is what happened in the ocean's kelp forests. Kelp is a type of seaweed. Kelp forests are home to thousands of ocean creatures. Some kelp forests have been greatly changed by just one animal. That animal is a sea otter. Sea otters eat several animals in their ocean food web. They eat sea stars, sea urchins, mussels, crabs, and large fish. The kelp forests were almost destroyed when the sea-otter population changed about 200 years ago.A Sea Without Sea OttersWhat happened to the kelp forests? In the 1800s, too many sea otters were hunted for their fur. Without sea otters, fewer sea urchins were eaten. Soon, too many sea urchins were being born. Smaller fish could not survive, because sea urchins ate their supplies of kelp. These fish were food for sea stars and crabs. The sea stars and crabs began to die out.Mussels also depended on kelp to stay alive. Fewer mussels meant fewer crabs and large fish that depended on mussels for food. After a while, even decomposers could not survive. Without the sea otter to help control the size of the sea-urchin population, the kelp forests almost disappeared.In the 1900s, many countries agreed to stop hunting sea otters. The kelp-forest food web became balanced again. Now, new food-web changes are putting kelp forests in danger again.


How might a forest fire affect the food web in a forest?

because it will make a big fire


What is the food web in monongahela's national forest?

In Monongahela National Forest, the food web consists of various plant and animal species interacting with each other. Examples include trees providing food and habitat for insects, which are then eaten by birds and small mammals. Larger predators like bears and coyotes may also be part of the food web, preying on smaller animals.


Does the bamboo deciduous forest have a food web?

Yes, bamboo deciduous forests have a food web just like any other ecosystem. The food web in this type of forest would involve interactions between bamboo plants, herbivores feeding on the bamboo, carnivores that eat the herbivores, and decomposers that break down organic matter.


What is the best ecosystem for a food web and a pyramid?

The very best for a COMPLETE system would be a rain forest.

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What is the difference of the forest food web and the desert food web?

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How can food webs change?

Living things in a food web depend on one another. Suppose the population of one organism in a food web changes. A population is all the members of a single type of organism in an environment.Kelp ForestsWhen one population in a food web changes, all the populations in the food web can also be affected. This is what happened in the ocean's kelp forests. Kelp is a type of seaweed. Kelp forests are home to thousands of ocean creatures. Some kelp forests have been greatly changed by just one animal. That animal is a sea otter. Sea otters eat several animals in their ocean food web. They eat sea stars, sea urchins, mussels, crabs, and large fish. The kelp forests were almost destroyed when the sea-otter population changed about 200 years ago.A Sea Without Sea OttersWhat happened to the kelp forests? In the 1800s, too many sea otters were hunted for their fur. Without sea otters, fewer sea urchins were eaten. Soon, too many sea urchins were being born. Smaller fish could not survive, because sea urchins ate their supplies of kelp. These fish were food for sea stars and crabs. The sea stars and crabs began to die out.Mussels also depended on kelp to stay alive. Fewer mussels meant fewer crabs and large fish that depended on mussels for food. After a while, even decomposers could not survive. Without the sea otter to help control the size of the sea-urchin population, the kelp forests almost disappeared.In the 1900s, many countries agreed to stop hunting sea otters. The kelp-forest food web became balanced again. Now, new food-web changes are putting kelp forests in danger again.


What is an example of an forest food web?

Eagles / \ mice rats


How might a forest fire affect the food web in a forest?

because it will make a big fire


What position does the nutria have in an food web?

They have the consumer part in the food web


What is the food web in monongahela's national forest?

In Monongahela National Forest, the food web consists of various plant and animal species interacting with each other. Examples include trees providing food and habitat for insects, which are then eaten by birds and small mammals. Larger predators like bears and coyotes may also be part of the food web, preying on smaller animals.


How do you you use a food web?

I'm not sure how the spider uses it's food web. We are all part of some kind of a food web.


Similarities between forest and desert food web?

similaritys, they have animals


What is a difference between food chain and food web?

A food web consists of one part of a food web. For example a food web would be: Carrot- Rabbit- Fox- Worm/ Decomposer. A food web is multiple food webs together. The multiple food chains 'web' together forming a food web.


How do you used food web in a sentence?

I'm not sure how the spider uses it's food web. We are all part of some kind of a food web.


Food web including kelp sea urchins sea lions orcas and great whales?

Most of these are mammals MOST of these are mammals. MOST of these are mammals.


How are land and food web different?

Land (rock) is not an animate object and therefore is not part of a food web.