In most terrestrial ecosystems with high standing biomass and relatively low harvest of primary production by herbivores, the detrital food chain is dominant (Smith & Smith 2009). In deep-water ...

All organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other. Food chains show the flow of energy from one organism to another. Food chains show the feeding relationships between organisms. Food webs show ...

PUFA than terrestrial insects because omega-3-LC-PUFA rich algae form the base of the food chain in aquatic ecosystems. The content of fatty acids can also accumulate throughout food chains ...

But all can be contained within three main categories:terrestrial ecosystems ... between plants and animals in more complex food chains and webs and ecosystems, using vocabulary such as ...