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Estuarine food web

Estuarine food web: how nutrients transfer through ecosystems.

This estuarine food web shows how nutrients are transferred through ecosystems. For example, plants are consumed by invertebrates such as snails and cockles, which are then eaten by small fish, which in turn may be hunted by larger fish like snapper.

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