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Which organism is a primary consumer in the food web below?Chesapeake Bay Waterbird Food WebTertiaryConsumers:SecondaryConsumers:PrimaryConsumers:Producers:GullsandTermsOspreyWading BirdsLargePiscivorous FishSmall PlanktivorousFishZooplanktonBenthicInvertebratesSea DucksBivalvesBald EagleHerbivorousDucksPhytoplankton Submerged AquaticVegetationTundra SwanGeese andSwansVegetation

Which organism is a primary consumer in the food web below?Chesapeake Bay Waterbird-example-1

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The primary consumer is the organism that eats the producer. It gets the at least 10% of the energy stored in a producer. It is above the producer at the trophic level. It may be a herbivore or an omnivore.

ANSWER: Zooplankton, Herbivorous ducks, small planktivorous fish

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