predict how an ecosystem would respond if either it's producers or it's decomposers were removed....Can you guys explain your reasoning!
Thanx!
2007-06-08 07:30:00 · 5 answers · asked by Vikki 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
if a decomposer were removed there would be alot of dead animals laying around because decomposers are for...well decomposers. if producers were removed, alot of organisms would die because they rely on producers for a food source
2007-06-08 07:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by king 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the producers were removed then there'd be no food for primary consumers so they would die, causing secondary consumers and so on to also die.
Decomposers put nitrates back in the soil for producers so if there are no decomposers, the producers wouldn't get their essential nitrogen and would die, causing as I said, all the consumers to die.
2007-06-08 08:28:45 · answer #2 · answered by Adelphie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the producers were removed, there would be no food source for any other organisms, and everything would die.
If decomposers were removed, there would be no chemical nutrients (carbon, nitrogen...) available for everything else...Like the person before said, everything would just pile up.
2007-06-08 07:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if an ecosystem's producers were removed, there would be no more food, and the animals would most likely die or become carnivorous, and if the decomposers were removed, there would be decaying stuff all over. i think thats right lol if im dumb, please dont insult me
2007-06-08 08:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by clever_username 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iF ITS DECOMPOSERS WERE REMOVED THEN EVERYTHING WOULD PILE UP AND KILL ALL THE ANIMALS THAT WEREN'T ALREADY DEAD!....OOPS CAPS LOCK!
2007-06-08 07:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋