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nlexa [21]
3 years ago
13

The organisms that form the base of most open-ocean food webs are

Biology
2 answers:
kari74 [83]3 years ago
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Plankton is the organisms that form the base of most open ocean food webs because fish eat plankton and bigger fish like sharks eat the little fish that eats the plankton.
antoniya [11.8K]3 years ago
4 0

The correct answer is option C, Plankton

Reason -

In open ocean food web, the organism that lies at the bottom is planktons. Photo plankton consists of chlorophyll and is able to produce food of its own. The zoo planktons then feed on the photo planktons. Corals also survive by eating planktons. Small fishes survive by eating zooplanktons. Larges fishes then feed on smaller fishes. Thus, plankton is at the base of a complex aquatic food web.

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