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7: Trophic Interactions

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Great white shark attacking bait on the end of a rope.

Figure 7.1: Baiting/luring great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) as a part of cage diving in Gansbaai, South Africa. Andrew Shiva, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Learning Objectives
  • Describe the different types of predation
  • Explain the ways in which prey avoid predation
  • Describe how energy flows through different types of communities

  • 7.1: Energy and Nutrients
    All organisms require energy and nutrients. Nutrients are the raw materials an organism must acquire from the environment to live. Energy is used to power life’s processes and is derived from light, organic molecules or inorganic molecules.
  • 7.2: Predation and Herbivory


This page titled 7: Trophic Interactions is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Karen Moody and Al Gonzalez (Open Educational Resource Initiative at Evergreen Valley College) .

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