Monday, March 6, 2017

Eco Web

In the Eco Lab assignment our group was tasked with creating a biotic web of a ecosystem, ours being an ocean. for a list of given ocean life. On every group member´s shoulder a piece of paper with a the name of a biotic element in the ecosystem. Each person was given a two pieces of yarn tied together, one side green and the other red. The red side was held by a predator/consumer while the green side was held by prey.  These connections created the web.

(Images on add on here. Will do at home)

I learned from the assignment the relation between biotic elements in a ecosystem and the difference between predator, prey, consumer, and producer.

List of Ocean Life and Their Connections:


Plankton: 

Prey to: blue whales, shrimp, and clown fish

Clown Fish: 
Prey to: Sharks, Tuna , and Dolphins 
Consume: coral

Dolphin: 
Prey To: sharks 
Predator to: octopus, shrimp, and clown fish

Octopus: 
Prey to: dolphins 
Predator to: shrimp

Blue Whale: 

Predator to: plankton

Seagull: 
Prey to: shark
Predator to: clown fish

Coral: 
Prey to: clown fish

Shark:
Predator to: clown fish and tuna

Shrimp: 

Prey to: octopus, dolphins, and tuna 
Predator to: plankton             

Tuna: 
Prey to: shark 
Predator to: clown fish, shrimp, and plankton