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Bacteria Fungi Trophic Level: 5 (Decomposer) Trophic Level: 5 (Decomposer) Hello this is slide 1 2 What you eat: dead or decaying matter What you eat: dead or decaying matter Detritus Lily pads Trophic Level: 1 Trophic Level: 1 3 4 What are you: dead plant & animal matter What YOU eat: sunshine (photosynthesis) What eats YOU: aquatic insects, shrimp, What eats YOU: aquatic insects, snail, earthworms, snail, tadpoles, freshwater crayfish mussel, crayfish Algae Cattails Trophic Level: 1 Trophic Level: 1 What YOU eat: sunshine5 (photosynthesis) What YOU eat: sunshine6 (photosynthesis) What eats YOU: aquatic insects, shrimp, What eats YOU: aquatic insects, snail, earthworms, minnow, snail, tadpoles, raccoon freshwater mussel, sculpin, bluegill slide 1 2 3 4 5 6 Duckweed Native Grasses Trophic Level: 1 Trophic Level: 1 What YOUHellothis eat: sunshine is slide(photosynthesis) 1 What YOU eat: sunshine2 (photosynthesis) What eats YOU: aquatic insects, snail, What eats YOU: aquatic insects, snail, turtle earthworms, coyote, bear Wapato Phytoplankton Trophic Level: 1 Trophic Level: 1 What YOU eat: sunshine3 (photosynthesis) What YOU eat: sunshine4 (photosynthesis) What eats YOU: aquatic insects, snail, What eats YOU: shrimp, zooplankton, crayfish, humans minnow, snail, freshwater mussels Aquatic Insects Earthworms Trophic Level: 2 Trophic Level: 2 What YOU eat: algae, detritus, lily pad, What YOU eat: algae, 5detritus, bacteria, fungi, cattail, duckweed, native6 grasses, Wapato, native grasses zooplankton What eats YOU: crayfish, frog, turtle, sculpin, What eats YOU: crayfish, frog, turtle, sculpin, bluegill, garter snake, dippers, cutthroat trout, bluegill, dippers, cutthroat trout, largemouth largemouth bass, merganser, bear, raccoon bass, merganser, mink, otter, great blue heron, minnow Hellothis is slide 1 2 3 4 5 6 Freshwater Shrimp Minnow Trophic Level: 2 Trophic Level: 2 What YOUHellothis eat: algae, isdetritus, slide 1 What YOU eat: algae,2 phytoplankton, phytoplankton, zooplankton aquatic insects, snail What eats YOU: crayfish, sculpin, What eats YOU: crayfish, frog, turtle, bluegill, cutthroat trout, largemouth sculpin, garter snake, dippers, cutthroat bass, merganser, great blue heron trout, largemouth bass, mink, river otter, raccoon, great blue heron Freshwater Snail Tadpoles Trophic Level: 2 Trophic Level: 2 What YOU eat: algae, detritus, 3 What YOU eat: algae,4 detritus phytoplankton, lily pads, duckweed, cattail, native grasses, Wapato What eats YOU: crayfish, frog, turtle, What eats YOU: crayfish, frog, turtle, bluegill, dippers, garter snake, largemouth bass, cutthroat trout, largemouth bass, minnow merganser, great blue heron, raccoon Zooplankton Freshwater Mussels Trophic Level: 2 Trophic Level: 2 What YOU eat: Phytoplankton5 What YOU eat: algae,6 detritus, Phytoplankton, zooplankton What eats YOU: crayfish, sculpin, bluegill, aquatic insects, cutthroat trout, shrimp, What eats YOU: turtles, merganser freshwater mussels mink, river otter, raccoon, humans Hello this is slide 1 2 3 4 5 6 Columbia River Signal Crayfish Red-legged Frog Trophic Level: 3 Trophic Level: 3 What YOU eat: aquatic insects, minnow, What YOU eat: aquatic insects, minnow, shrimp, earthworms,Hello this tadpoles is slide snails, 1 snail, earthworms, tadpoles2 zooplankton, detritus, lily pads What eats YOU: garter snake, cutthroat What eats YOU: turtle, crayfish, merganser, trout, merganser, largemouth bass, river cutthroat trout, bass, great blue heron, bald otter, mink, bear, great blue heron, raccoon, eagle, mink, river otter, bear, raccoon, humans coyote, bald eagle, humans Western Pond Turtle Mottled Sculpin Trophic Level: 3 Trophic Level: 3 What YOU eat: aquatic3 insects, snail, What YOU eat: aquatic4 insects, freshwater mussels, minnow, earthworms, earthworms, shrimp, minnow, zooplankton, duckweed, tadpoles algae, crayfish, other sculpin What eats YOU: largemouth bass, river What eats YOU: cutthroat trout, mink otter, bald eagle, great blue heron, raccoon largemouth bass, merganser, river otter, great blue heron, bald eagle, raccoon American Dipper Bluegill Trophic Level: 3 Trophic Level: 3 What YOU eat: aquatic5 insects, What YOU eat: aquatic6 insects, snail, earthworms, small minnow, tadpoles earthworms, shrimp, zooplankton, algae What eats YOU: mink, river otter, bald What eats YOU: merganser, largemouth eagle, raccoon, coyote bass, mink, river otter, bear, great blue heron, bald eagle, raccoon, humans Hellothis is slide 1 2 3 4 5 6 Common Garter Snake Cutthroat Trout Trophic Level: 3 Trophic level: 4 What YOUHellothis eat: minnow, is slideearthworms, 1 What YOU eat: crayfish,2 frog, sculpin, tadpoles, frogs aquatic insects, zooplankton, minnow, snail, shrimp, earthworms What eats YOU: mink, river otter, great blue heron, bald eagle, raccoon, coyote What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, humans, river otter, mink, bear, great blue heron, bald eagle, raccoon Largemouth Bass Common Merganser Trophic Level: 4 Trophic Level: 4 What YOU eat: crayfish,3 frog, turtle, sculpin, What YOU eat: crayfish,4 frog, sculpin, bluegill, garter snake, snail, shrimp, minnow, bluegill, shrimp, earthworms, tadpoles, tadpoles, earthworms, aquatic insects freshwater mussels, aquatic insects What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, humans, river What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, mink, otter, mink, great blue heron, bald eagle bald eagle, humans Bald Eagle River Otter Trophic Level: 4 Trophic Level: 4 What YOU eat: crayfish,5 frog, turtle, dippers, What YOU eat: crayfish,6 frog, turtle, sculpin, bluegill, garter snake, sculpin, cutthroat trout, dippers, bluegill, garter snake, freshwater largemouth bass, raccoon, merganser, great mussels, minnow, aquatic insects, cutthroat blue heron, river otter trout, largemouth bass What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, raccoon (eat What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, bald eagle, eggs), coyote (eat flightless young) coyote Hellothis is slide 1 2 3 4 5 6 American Mink Coyote Trophic Level: 4 Trophic Level: 4 What YOU eat: crayfish, dippers, frogs, What YOU eat: frogs,2 dippers, garter snake, sculpin, bluegill, garter snake, freshwater bald eagle young, river otter, mink, great mussels, aquatic insects, minnow, blue heron, native grasses merganser, cutthroat trout, bass What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi What eats YOU: Bacteria, fungi, coyote is slide 1 Black Bear Great Blue Heron Trophic Level: 4 Trophic Level: 4 What YOU eat: crayfish,3 frog, bluegill, What YOU eat: crayfish,4 frog, turtle, sculpin, bluegill, cutthroat trout, largemouth bass, earthworms, native grasses, cutthroat garter snake, minnow, shrimp, tadpoles, trout aquatic insects What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, humans What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, bald eagle, coyote Raccoon Humans Trophic Level: 4 Trophic Level: 4 What YOU eat: crayfish, frog, turtle, dippers, sculpin, bluegill, garter5 snake, freshwater What YOU eat: crayfish,6 frog, bluegill, mussels, minnow, earthworms, tadpoles, freshwater mussels, Wapato, cutthroat cattail, cutthroat trout, bald eagle eggs trout, largemouth bass, bear, raccoon What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi, bald eagle, What eats YOU: bacteria, fungi coyote, humans Hellothiis slide 1 2 3 4 5 6 .
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