Decomposers: The last level of the food chain is made up by the decomposers. These are the bacteria and fungi that eat decaying matter - dead plants and animals and turn them into nutrient-rich soil.

In a detrital food chain, dead organic matter of plants and animals is broken down by decomposers, e.g., bacteria and fungi, and moves to detritivores and then carnivores.

Decomposers complete the last part of the food chain. They turn organic waste into inorganic materials, returning nutrients to the soil or oceans for use by autotrophs. This starts a whole new ...

That's where decomposers come in. Decomposers are organisms that break down and feed off of the waste and dead ... This movement of energy is usually diagrammed using food chains or food webs.

Food chains and food webs interconnect organisms within an ecosystem. Producers, such as plants and algae, form the base of the food chain by using photosynthesis to convert sunlight into energy.

How energy is transferred through food chains and food webs via producers, primary and secondary consumers, predator, prey and decomposers. Suitable for teaching science at KS2, KS3 and 2nd/3rd Level.

Ants have big impact on environment as 'ecosystem engineers' Date: February 4, 2011 Source: University of Exeter Summary: Research on the impact of ants on their local environment has revealed ...

For the first time, ecologists have calculated exactly where humans rank on the food chain and how it's been changing over the past 50 years. One trend is clear: Humans are becoming more ...