Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 44.5, Problem 1BC
In these two food chains, plants and protists(phytoplankton) are the producers. Refer back to Section 23.4. Whatother organisms are producers and could also support food chains?
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