Food Chains In The Sea

FOOD CHAINS IN THE SEA Marine ecosystems are vast natural ecosystems. The food chain can also be interpreted as a biochemical transfer of energy between living things through eating and eating interactions. From this understanding, we can conclude that the food chain at sea is a consuming and edible process that occurs between creatures that are in the sea. The function of the food chain in the sea is to maintain the number of living things in it to remain sustainable. In the marine ecosystem, especially for the food chain in the sea, there are several components which are mutually sustainable so that there will be interactions with one another, including: A. Phytoplankton Namely food suppliers in the food chain at sea, or also called producers. He is a living organ with one cell that is very small, and cannot be seen by the eye without using a magnifying glass or microscope, and his life hovers in the middle of the ocean. B. Zooplankton Namely small animals and their lives are floating freely in the water. But these animals do not have chlorophyll which has a function as a tool for photosynthesis as well as phytoplankton. In the food chain in the ocean region, zooplankton lives from eating types of phytoplankton that are smaller in size than them. C. Predator The definition of predator itself is an animal that occupies the highest position in the food chain in the sea. For example killer whales. This mammal not only eats large fish, but also a group of other small fishes which also have several tens of fish at the same time enter their wide mouths. D. Decomposer The last component is decomposer. Decomposers are decomposers of dead bodies of living things. Usually these decomposers live on the seabed and are also referred to as bentos. This decomposer will break down carcasses or remnants of living things into smaller components, so that phytoplankton can be reused as a source of nutrients to make food. The following are some examples of food chains that occur in the sea, which include: 1. Solar energy → algae → small fish → big fish → sharks → decomposers 2. Solar energy → phytoplankton → small fish → cranes → sea snakes → decomposers 3. Solar energy → phytoplankton → shrimp → fish → sea lions → sharks → decomposers 4. Solar energy → phytoplankton → zooplankton → shrimp → octopus → humans 5. Solar energy → algae → crabs → pelican → humans 6. Shrimp coral → large fish → humans 7. Plankton → fish bolt → sea snake → eagle → decomposer 8. Plankton → big shrimp → flamingo birds 9. Plankton → salmon → sharks → decomposers 10. Plankton → salmon → seals → decomposers 11. Plankton → anchovy → albatross → decomposer 12. Plankton → small fish → bear salmon → decomposers

13. Plankton → small sea fish → sea snake → albatross → decomposer 14. Plankton → lobster → humans → decomposers 15. Plankton → small sea fish → sea snake → albatross → decomposer 16. Plankton → small fish → tuna → humans → decomposers