Yes, coral reefs are technical primary producers. They produce food for algae eaters as well as many other styles of sea life. Coral reefs are also used to protect our coastal areas from waves and storms on shore. Without coral reefs (which are slowly dying off) our food chain of marine life would fail as a community and in the end, affect us as humans by killing our resources that eat the coral reefs.Carbon dioxide pollution istransformingthe chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic.
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no it is not a producer
Producer
Zooxanthellae. They are tiny plants that make coral.
Zooxanthellae. They are tiny plants that make coral.
it is a consumer
Shrimp is not a primary producer but a primary consumer. Primary producers are the organisms that have the ability to make food.
No, corals are not decomposers. They are marine invertebrates that obtain nutrients through a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic algae living in their tissues. Corals are considered primary producers in their ecosystems, as they rely on sunlight and plankton for their food.
Plants like algae and coral and seaweed
consumer
A potato is an autotroph, making it's own food. That would mean it is a producer. Primary producer would be redundant.
After the producer in the food chain comes the primary consumer, which is usually an herbivore that feeds directly on the producer.