You go on a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in northern Minnesota. This ecosystem is cold most of the year and receives plenty of rainfall. It has many lakes that are full of walleye pike. You know that walleye like to eat minnows. In turn, the minnows feed on scuds (zooplankton), which eat algae (phytoplankton).
-Walleye pike are which of the following?

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Walleye pike are tertiary consumers in this ecosystem. They eat minnows, which are secondary consumers feeding on scuds (zooplankton), the primary consumers that eat algae (phytoplankton), the producers.

You Go on a Canoe Trip to the Boundary Waters