microscopic photosynthetic organisms that form the starting point of the food web. A team at the University of Washington ...

Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

draw a sample gray whale food chain. graph the relationship between rising ocean temperature and declining gray whale population. predict what would happen to gray whales if they did not exhibit ...

Whales for example can absorb tons of carbon ... the carbon and nutrients in their bodies either becomes part of the food chain or sinks to the ocean floor. Carbon is stored At the bottom of ...

Unlike the fish-based diet they typically consume in the North Atlantic, the marine mammals the whales might encounter in the Arctic waters, such as seals, are at a higher level in the food chain ...