Name an organism found as secondary carnivore in an aquatic ecosystem.
In aquatic ecosystem foodweb can be drawn as follows: Producer (phytoplankton) $\rightarrow$ Primary consumer (zooplankton) $\rightarrow$ Secondary consumer (small fish and water bug) (first carnivore) $\rightarrow$ Tertiary consumers (Secondary carnivores big fishes : Birds living in water like Crane and Duck.
Therefore big fishes and birds seen in water like Crane and Duck which a acquires position as tertiary consumers or secondary carnivores.
If a single plant species is removed from a food web, then most likely
Assertion : A network of food chains existing together in an ecosystem is known as food web.
Reason : An animal like kite cannot be a part of a food web.
The rate of decomposition is faster in the ecosystem due to following factors $EXCEPT$
Give differences : Food chain and food web
Only a small amount of the energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain because