Primary Consumer
Apex Predator/Scavenger
SY
M
(mu BIOT
Niche: live on tua
listi C
rocks/dead coral 12
Secondary Consumer
Niche: only eat in winter,
otherwise live off of fat,
migrate to feed in poles and
reproduce in tropics 14,15
Primary Consumer
Niche: subject to natural
forces (wind, currents, etc);
environment varies 28
Niche: shallow water caves,
crevices or sometimes coral 6, 31
Secondary Consumer
I
c)
Niche: live in/eat off of
anemone 1
Primary Consumer
Niche: near surface to eat
during day, deeper at night
for shelter 10, 11
Primary Producer
Niche: surface of water in
sunlight 18, 19
Detritivore
Niche: on or
near the ocean
floor 9, 13
Secondary Consumer Decomposer
Niche: warm shallows
Niche: feed at surface, go & seagrass beds 5, 20
deep at night 26, 29
Secondary Consumer
Primary Consumer
Niche: warm waters,
stay near surface 8, 24
Niche: shallow water where
corals and algae grow 16, 27
Primary Consumer
Primary Producer
Primary Producer
Niche: embedded in
reef/ocean bottom;
usually under 20m
from surface 7, 25
Niche: varies by species,
Niche: damp and well- typically sheltered, shallow
lit shallow areas 3, 17 water 21, 22
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