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Everglades ecosystem food webs:
Food webs are more complex versions of food chains, they illustrate the competition and the predation between every organism in the ecosystem. Food webs show the competition and predation for each organism since multiple arrows can be drawn away from one organism, indicating their are multiple predators for one organism, which also shows competition. Food webs also describe the complex transfer of energy from organism to organism. Arrows are drawn from organism to organism, to illustrate the transfer of energy in the food web.
Predation
Predation
Competition
Competition
Predation is a biological interaction where there is one organism, the predator, and another, the prey. The predator kills and eats the prey, as it recieves energy. This cycle of energy can be represented through a food web or an energy pyramid.
The alligator above in the Everglades provides an example of predation, as it is the predator and the prey is being eaten, which is a carp. Energy gets transfered from the carp to the alligator
Competition is when two or more oganisms on the same trophic lveel compete for resources such as, food, water, and shelter. At times resources can be rare, like in the dry season, which can cause intense competition.
The two Great Blue herons above provide an example of competition in the Everglades, as both of them are fighting over food. This shows two organisms on the same trophic level competing for the same resource, which is competition.
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