Food Web Flashcards
1
Q
Microbial food web/loop
A
Involves microbes that eat dissolved organic stuff (poop) to that are then eaten by plankton
2
Q
Top Down Control
A
Things are controlled by predation like dear
3
Q
Bottom up control
A
Controlled by what is bellow them (plants/prey)
4
Q
ODD Number of links
A
Odd number of links - plants (pp) should be abundant and
limited by resources (BOTTOM UP)
5
Q
EVEN number of links
A
Even number of links - plants should be grazer limited (Top down)
6
Q
Biomanipulation
A
Changing the number of links from odds to even or even to odd
7
Q
Problems with biomanipulation
A
How do you know what you put in to eat something.
hard to deal with Planktivory
