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Illustrated examples of food chains

Click on Switch below to see other examples
producer primary consumer secondary consumer



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You may need to scroll sideways to see some of the longer food chains

Web resources

http://www.desertusa.com/video_pages/food_movie.html
Desert food chain video - looks like this site has plenty of useful alternatives too

Photo credits

Click below for quite a long list of URLs
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rabbit
http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/wild-rabbit:oryctolagus-cuniculus-photo-6264.html
fox
http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/visions/

phytoplankton
http://www.geocities.com/oceanking_uk_2003/Plankton.htm
krill
http://www.duke.edu/web/nicholas/bio217/rsf4%20awc7/p_marine.html
whale
http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Endangered

zebra + lion
http://www.davidmixner.com/picture_of_the_day/index.html

phytoplankton
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/earth/crozet/introductionok.htm
calanoids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calanoida
sandeels
http://www.marlab.ac.uk/FRS.Web/Delivery/display_standalone.aspx?contentid=657
puffins
http://www.seabird.org/birds-puffin.asp

plankton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Diatoms_through_the_microscope.jpg
amphipods
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hyperia.jpg
fish
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/aro/russian-american/photos-fish.htm
ringed seal
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/ringed-seal.html
polar bear
http://www.motherjones.com/blue_marble_blog/archives/2007/10/

lichen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caribou_moss.jpg
reindeer
http://pacificenvironment.org/img/original/reindeer.jpg
Lapp
http://www.siida.fi/anaras/english/elamantapa/ruokaperinne.html

scots pine
http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.scpine.html
crossbill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1733250.stm
carrion_crow
http://www.birding.in/birds/Passeriformes/Corvidae/carrion_crow.htm

Prickly Pear Cactus
http://www.gailanderson.org/2006_11_01_archive.html
collared peccary
http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/collared-peccary:pecari-tajacu-photo-1373.html

diatoms
http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallery.php?grouping=year&year=2005&imageid=165
cyclops
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cyclops.JPG
minnow
http://www.nimfea.hu/tagszervezeteink/halfaunisztika/pictures.htm
perch
http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/introduced-perch-and-algae-in-new-zealand/
pike
http://www.trotterfishing.com/Trips.htm
cormorant
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/09/cormorant-swallowing-a-pike-fish/

Water hyacinth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Water_hyacinth.jpg
Capybara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara
Jaguar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar#Hunting_and_diet

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