A food web is a diagram that shows how food chains are linked together into more complex feeding relationships
A food web is more representative of actual feeding pathways within an ecosystem because:
- Organisms can have more than one food source
- Organisms can have more than one predator
This means that, unlike a food chain, organisms in a food web can occupy more than one trophic level
- Hint: When constructing food webs, position organisms at their highest trophic level (keeps all arrows pointing in same direction)
Example of a Food Web (Pond Ecosystem)
