Food Webs
8 food webs
Everglades Wetland Food Web
Southern Florida, United States
The Florida Everglades is a vast subtropical wetland where freshwater flows slowly southward through sawgrass marshes to mangrove estuaries. Periphyton mats form the primary production …
Chesapeake Bay Estuary Food Web
Mid-Atlantic United States — Maryland and Virginia
Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in North America, where freshwater from six major rivers mixes with Atlantic saltwater. Submerged aquatic vegetation and phytoplankton form …
Pantanal Wetland Food Web
South America — Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay
The Pantanal in South America is the world's largest tropical wetland, flooding seasonally over an area exceeding 150,000 square kilometers. This flood pulse drives an …
Okavango Delta Food Web
Northern Botswana, Southern Africa
The Okavango Delta is an inland alluvial fan in the Kalahari Desert where the Okavango River spreads into a vast seasonal floodplain. Annual flooding from …
Danube River Delta Food Web
Romania and Ukraine — Danube River mouth at the Black Sea
The Danube Delta is Europe's largest and best-preserved river delta, where the Danube empties into the Black Sea across 5,800 square kilometers of channels, lakes, …
Chesapeake Salt Marsh Food Web
Mid-Atlantic United States — Chesapeake Bay region
Atlantic salt marshes along the US East Coast are among the most productive ecosystems per unit area on Earth. Cordgrass marshes export organic detritus to …
Prairie Pothole Wetland Food Web
Northern Great Plains — North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
The Prairie Pothole Region across the northern US and southern Canada contains millions of glacially formed wetlands that produce 50-80% of North America's ducks. These …
Mississippi River Delta Food Web
Southern Louisiana, United States — Gulf of Mexico
The Mississippi River Delta is a vast coastal wetland system where the largest North American river meets the Gulf of Mexico. This productive estuary supports …