In a salt marsh, marsh grasses carry out photosynthesis.Grasshoppers eat the marsh grasses, blackbirds eat the grasshoppers, and hawks eat the blackbirds.In this example, which organisms are dependent on secondary production?

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The grasshoppers, blackbirds, and hawks are all dependent on secondary production because they rely on the energy and nutrients obtained from consuming other organisms (the marsh grasses and the grasshoppers). The marsh grasses are only dependent on primary production, which is the process of converting sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.

In a Salt Marsh, Marsh Grasses Carry Out Photosynthesis