Which organism is a primary consumer in the food web below?

Chesapeake Bay Waterbird Food Web

Tertiary

Consumers:

Osprey

Secondary

Consumers: Gulls and

Torns

Wading Birds

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Large Piscivorous

Fish

Ducks

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Primary

Consumers:

Smal Planktivorous

Fish

Bivalves

AN

Benthic

Invertebrates

Harhlvons:

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As the diagram for the food web is not given, lets try to understand the different consumers in a food web generally.

Explanation:

Primary consumer: Primary consumers are organisms which feed on the autotrophs. Autotrophs have the ability to make their own food. Primary consumers feed on plants generally. For example, a giraffe feeding on the leaves of a tree.

Secondary consumers: Secondary consumers are organisms which feed on primary consumers. For example, a rat feeding on a grasshopper.

Tertiary consumers: Tertiary consumers are organisms which feed on secondary consumers.