What is the food Web?

Food web definition, a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community. See more. read more

A food web (or food cycle) is a natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is consumer-resource system. read more

Food web definition, a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community. read more

Marine food webs are usually longer than terrestrial food webs. Scientists estimate that if there are a million producers (algae, phytoplankton, and sea grass) in a food web, there may only be 10,000 herbivores. read more