7 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
Northern Sea Otter Harlequin Duck
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Orca Bald Eagle
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8 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
Harlequin Duck Northern Sea Otter
Habitat: Nearshore in the waves or Habitat: Nearshore kelp forests and rapids of mountain streams. Builds bays. Huge appetite! Eats 25% of its nest on ground near water. body weight each day. Feeds on: mollusks, shellfish, Feeds on: mollusks, shellfish, octopuses, crustaceans, & crustaceans, echinoderms, insect echinoderms larvae, small fish & fish eggs Prey for: foxes, eagles Prey for: orcas, eagles, sharks
Bald Eagle Orca
Habitat: Wide ranging raptor which Habitat: Offshore waters. Living in nests in trees. Opportunistic matriarchal groups with strong scavenger and hunter. social bonds. Most diverse diet Feeds on: birds, fish, octopuses, among cetaceans. marine mammals, terrestrial Feeds on: fish, birds, cephalopods, mammals, marine mammals Prey for: no natural predators Prey for: no natural predators
9 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
Giant Pacific Octopus Sockeye (Red) Salmon
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Graceful Kelp Crab Red Sea Urchin
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10 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
Sockeye (Red) Salmon Giant Pacific Octopus
Habitat: Anadromous fish that Habitat: Benthic invertebrate that makes epic migration from the sea spends the majority of its time to natal streams and rivers. hiding in a den. Feeds on: mollusks, shellfish, Feeds on: mollusks, shellfish, octopuses, crustaceans, octopuses, & crustaceans echinoderms, copepods, Prey for: sea otters, marine amphipods mammals, eagles, fish (while in Prey for: otters, orcas, eagles, fishes larval stage)
Red Sea Urchin Graceful Kelp Crab
Habitat: Nearshore waters to Habitat: Nearshore grasses and depths of 300’. Preferring rocky kelps. shores and kelp forests. Feeds on: algae (kelps & etc.), Feeds on: grasses, algae, kelps, crustaceans, & shellfish occasional scavenging on detritus Prey for: ducks, otters, salmon, Prey for: otters, fish, octopuses, octopus, eagles, smaller fish when ducks in larval stage
11 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
Threespine Stickleback Copepod
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Algae – Diatoms Algae – Giant Kelp
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12 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
Copepod Threespine Stickleback
Habitat: nearly every habitat where Habitat: Anadromous fish often in water is present. Can be benthic or found in huge shoals. Small with planktonic. most only measuring 2” long. Feeds on: detritus, algae Feeds on: copepods, amphipods, (phytoplankton), smaller mollusk larvae zooplankton Prey for: salmon, marine mammals, Prey for: fishes, baleen whales, ducks, other fishes & eagles ducks, & amphipods
Algae – Giant Kelp Algae – Diatoms
Habitat: Nearshore mostly rocky Habitat: Nearly every habitat where bottoms which provide substrate water is present. Living in the upper for their holdfasts. photic levels of the water column. Feeds on: Primary producer Feeds on: Primary producer photosynthesizing from Sun’s photosynthesizing from Sun’s energy. energy. Prey for: fishes, crabs, echinoderms Prey for: copepods, amphipods
13 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
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Amphipod Red Fox
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14 MARINE FOOD WEB ID TAGS - If possible print the following pages duplex – if not then have students construct the fronts & backs of their own tags. - Cut out the tag and use hole punch in circle area. Attach yarn lanyard thru hole.
Razor Clam Blue Mussels
Habitat: Mollusk found buried in Habitat: Mollusk found attached to mudflats and sandy beaches. rocks along shorelines. Feeds on: Is a filter feeder straining Feeds on: Is a filter feeder straining out detritus, algae, and larvae from out detritus, algae, and larvae from the water. the water. Prey for: ducks, otters, octopuses, Prey for: ducks, otters, octopuses, foxes, shorebirds, echinoderms foxes, shorebirds, echinoderms
Red Fox Amphipod
Habitat: Resides in dens across a Habitat: mostly planktonic wide range of ecosystems. crustacean until settling out on the Opportunistic hunter and bottom as it matures. scavenger. Feeds on: copepods, larval Feeds on: rodents, hares, eggs, invertebrates and detritus insects, carrion, shellfish Prey for: fishes, ducks, and baleen Prey for: wolves, lynx, coyotes, & whales eagles (when kits)