Sanak Archipelago Food Webs (IMAGE)

Santa Fe Institute

Sanak Archipelago Food Webs

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Vertical axis indicates trophic level. Sphere color indicates type of taxon: green?=?algae, blue?=?miscellaneous (e.g., detritus, protozoa, bacteria, biofilm, lichen, seagrass), yellow?=?invertebrates, orange?=?fishes, red?=?mammals, purple?=?birds. Red arrows point to Homo sapiens. (a) Sanak intertidal web. (b) Sanak nearshore web. (c,d) Sanak intertidal and nearshore webs showing resources of Homo sapiens in color. (e,f) Sanak intertidal and nearshore webs showing taxa within two links of Homo sapiens in color.

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Jennifer Dunne, Santa Fe Institute. Images created with Network3D72,73, available freely by request to jdunne@santafe.edu.

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