Whale
Birds
seals
Floating Algae
Humans
sharks
predatory invertebrates
Jellyfish
sea
turtles
oysters
sea floor algae
Microbes
sea grass
Worms/
Amphipods
Predatory fish
zooplankton
Chesapeake Bay Food Web After Large Scale Fishing
Abundant
Rare
Strong
Interaction
Weak
Interaction
Tertiary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
Consumers
Producers
Decomposers
Detritus
detritus/
decaying matter/
nutrients
Whales- toothed &
baleen
grazing
fish