You are studying how energy flows in a food web. The data in Table 1 shows the d
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You are studying how energy flows in a food web. The data in Table 1 shows the dietary composition of species in your study area (for species A–H). To read the data table, start at a species in column 1, read to the right across that row to find the number of individuals consumed, then read straight up to determine the species that it consumed. For example, species C consumed 15 individuals of species A. Use the data in the table to answer the following questions.
2. Refer to Table 1. In preparation for constructing a food web for your study area, you need to determine the dietary preferences of your species. For each species, quantify the percent of the total diet comprised by each of the species consumed. Enter you data in a table (this will be Table 3), and for each species, place an asterisk next to its most preferred prey
Table 1 Species consumed Total individuals A B C D E F G H consumed 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 15 20 0 0 0 5 0 0 40 D 2 16 0 0 0 8 0 0 26 E 0 0 10 1 0 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 0 0 0 0Explanation / Answer
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
A
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
B
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
C
37.50
50.00*
0.00
0.00
0.00
12.50
0.00
0.00
D
7.69
61.54*
0.00
0.00
0.00
30.77
0.00
0.00
E
0.00
0.00
11.11
55.56*
5.56
0.00
27.78
0.00
F
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
G
14.29
0.00
28.57*
14.29
14.29
28.57*
0.00
0.00
H
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
66.67*
0.00
33.33
0.00
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
A
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
B
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
C
37.50
50.00*
0.00
0.00
0.00
12.50
0.00
0.00
D
7.69
61.54*
0.00
0.00
0.00
30.77
0.00
0.00
E
0.00
0.00
11.11
55.56*
5.56
0.00
27.78
0.00
F
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
G
14.29
0.00
28.57*
14.29
14.29
28.57*
0.00
0.00
H
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
66.67*
0.00
33.33
0.00
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