Biological Science
Biological Science
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ISBN: 9780321743671
Author: Scott Freeman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Removal of the sharks from the oceans at very large scale causes to overgrown the algae in the coral reefs, even though shark doesn’t eat algae.

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The food chain is the kind of linear network in the food web. Food chain expresses the relation of the organisms with each other with respect to the food they eat. Producer organisms are the starting organisms of the food chain and at the apex predators are present. The amount of energy passed at each trophic level is less than their previous level.

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