This diagram shows a food chain from Chesapeake Bay, an estuary ecosystem in Maryland and Virginia. The arrows show how the matter eaten by organisms moves through the food chain. common grass shrimp Select each organism below that is both a predator and prey in this food chain. phytoplankton phytoplankton bluefish Atlantic silverside common grass shrimp pelican bluefish pelican Atlantic silverside

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