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Great Barrier Reef: Explain how energy moves through an ecosystem. Start with producers, move up to keystone predators, and complete the energy flow by including the decomposers.

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Great Barrier Reef -   Explain how energy moves through an ecosystem.  Start with producers, move up to Keystone Predators, and complete the energy flow by including the decomposers.

Coral reefs are located in a nutrient-poor environment but are productive ecosystems.
Types of inhabitants of the Great Barrier Reef:
Coral species:
Plant like corals, massive corals, and staghorn corals, which are heterotropic consumers that derive their energy by symbiotic zooxanthellae
Fish groups: ...

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