1) Producers in a swamp include algae, diatoms, pond cypress, cabbage palm, and Spanish moss. Herbivores, like the snail, crane, swamp rabbit, and beaver, live alongside omnivores, like the woodpecker, black bear, muskrat, and box turtle.
2) species at the top of the food chain, with no predators of its own. Also called an alpha predator or apex predator. one of three positions on the food chain: autotrophs (first), herbivores (second), and carnivores and omnivores (third).species at the top of the food chain, with no predators of its own. Also called an alpha predator or apex predator. one of three positions on the food chain: autotrophs (first), herbivores (second), and carnivores and omnivores (third).
3) The primary consumers are herbivores (vegetarians). The organisms that eat the primary consumers are meat eaters (carnivores) and are called the secondary consumers. The secondary consumers tend to be larger and fewer in number. This continues on, all the way up to the top of the food chain.
4) Secondary consumers are generally meat-eaters (carnivores). The organisms that eat the secondary consumers are called tertiary consumers. These are carnivore-eating carnivores, like eagles or big fish. Some food chains have additional levels, such as quaternary consumers (carnivores that eat tertiary consumers).
5) The combination of shallow water, high levels of inorganic nutrients, and high rates of primary productivity (the synthesis of new plant biomass through photosynthesis) in many wetlands is ideal for the development of organisms that form the base of the food web —for example, many species of insects, mollusks.
