Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton are important because they are the beginning of the food chain for most of the planet. The smaller organisms eat the phytoplankton then larger organisms eat the smaller ones.
Energy flow
There are different tropic levels and as you move up the food web the animal become bigger and bigger.
Human impacts
Humans can greatly effect the marine food web. If a certain species was fished or hunted a lot they could be come endangered and other organisms who feed off of that species would suffer greatly.
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