|
Make a hypothesis (educated guess) about what will happen.
|
Overfishing For Aquariums
|
|
|
Show Legend
|
|
Trophic Level:
|
|
|
Producers make their own food. WhyReef's most common producers are plants, which make their food using sunlight.
|
|
|
Herbivores only eat plants (producers).
|
|
|
Lower Omnivores eat plants (producers) and smaller animals.
|
|
|
Upper Omnivores eat plants (producers) and bigger animals.
|
|
|
Lower Carnivores only eat other animals. WhyReef's lower carnivores usually eat smaller animals.
|
|
|
Upper Carnivores only eat other animals. WhyReef's upper carnivores are likely to eat bigger animals.
|
|
|
Corals are the most bizarre creatures on WhyReef! They are so weird, they actually get
their own trophic level. Here's why: They are animals (not plants!), and they are carnivores.
But they have tiny plants in their cells (which they don't eat -- they are NOT herbivores)
that make food for them (which they do eat). Corals are crazy, right?
|
Hide Legend
|
|
Pet stores around the world are paying lots of money for colorful and unique reef animals to sell in their shops. Many people have started catching these animals (like the Neon Damselfish and the Fine Striped Snapping Shrimp) to sell to the pet stores. What do you think will happen to the reef?
I hypothesize that
population(s) will decrease.
|
