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Food Web — Definition & Examples

By Diana Kline
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Chesapeake Bay food web. The large piscivorous fish feeds on small planktivorous fish and is eaten by osprey and bald eagles. Wading birds and gulls and terns also feed on small planktivorous fish.

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Fill in the blank: Look at the food web shown above. If additional large piscivorous fish were introduced into the ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the woah‾\underline{\phantom{woah}} population.

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