I'm having trouble incoorporating the decomposer into my complex food web. I know that they eat dead organic matter, but I have seen many food webs on Google showing that they only eat one thing. Shouldn't there be arrows from every other organism pointing to the decomposer? Can you show me an example. Please answer soon...this project is due tomorrow.

I'm having trouble incoorporating the decomposer into my complex food web. I know that they eat dead organic matter, but I have seen many food webs on Google showing that they only eat one thing. Shouldn't there be arrows from every other organism pointing to the decomposer? Can you show me an example. Please answer soon...this project is due tomorrow.

Biology 2e

2nd Edition

ISBN:9781947172517

Author:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Publisher:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Chapter46: Ecosystems

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2VCQ: Figure 46.10 Pyramids depicting the number of organisms or biomass may be inverted, upright, or even...

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