trophic

Examples of trophic in the following topics:

• Planktonic Food Webs

  • However, determining the trophic level of some plankton is not straightforward.
  • As these organisms form the base of the marine food web, this variability in phytoplankton growth influences higher trophic levels.

• Organization of Ecosystems

  • All life forms in an ecosystem can be broadly grouped into one of two categories (called trophic levels):
  • In general, trophic levels are used to describe the way in which a particular organism within an ecosystem gets its food.

• Planktonic Communities

  • Plankton are primarily divided into broad functional (or trophic level) groups: Phytoplankton , Zooplankton, and Bacterioplankton.
  • However, determining the trophic level of some plankton is not straightforward.
  • As these organisms form the base of the marine food web, this variability in phytoplankton growth influences higher trophic levels.

• Chemoautotrophs and Chemoheterotrophs

• Hydrothermal Vent Microbial Ecosystems

  • The chemosynthetic bacteria grow into a thick mat, covering the hydrothermal vent, and this is the first trophic level of the ecosystem.

• Nongenetic Categories for Medicine and Ecology

  • In ecology, microorganisms are classified by the type of habitat they require, or trophic level, energy source and carbon source.