Pin en When Otters Play Biology Diagrams Laminated Kelp forest food web cards (one per student) - include the sun o from the Kelp Forest Field Guide in the Sea Searcher's Handbook (Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation. 1996. Go through an example using a simple terrestrial food chain. Start with grass, rabbits, and a fox. Start with the grass, then add the rabbit and draw in the Download scientific diagram | 4 Food web diagram of the kelp forest ecosystems on the west coast of Vancouver Island by Espinosa-Romero et al. (2011). from publication: Climate Change Impacts and Now, you will expand your diagram for the Kelp Forest Ecosystem, following the instructions below. Include two distinctive sets of arrows: One set to show the flow of energy through the system; A second set that reflects the top-down pressures being exerted by the main players in the system: sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp.
Figure 7 shows a typical, partial food web diagram for the Monterey Bay kelp forests. Figure 7: Food Web Diagram for the Monterey Bay Habitat. Discussion: Have a conversation about this food web with students. In the conversation be sure to note the relative trophic levels of the four species that are the focus of this activity: sardines, sea
Kelp forest Biology Diagrams
Choose your language. EN. FR In "Marine Ecology and Kelp Forests", students study a simplified kelp forest ecosystem and design a diagram with various living and nonliving components. they move through the food chain from organism to organism. Key to ECOGRAM 1. AUTOT R OPHS 2. DE COMPOSERS 3. ECO L OGY 4. BIOLOGICA L 5. NU T RIENTS 6. ENV I RONMENT Download scientific diagram | Simplified model of an ancient southern California kelp forest food web showing changes after the arrival of Native Americans. The food web on left depicts the
TEACHER BACKGROUND - Food Chains in the Kelp Forest FOR SEA—Institute of Marine Science ©2001 J. A. Kolb 155 Food Chains in the Kelp Forest Edited by Laurie Dumdie, Wendy Naruo, and Pat Rutowski food chain - a diagram or model indicating the flow of energy and matter; usually showing the relationship between the sun, a plant and several Under the trophic levels in a food web there are three smaller sub-levels. Producer Consumer-primary-secondary-tertiary Decomposers