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PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST CREATE A DIAGRAM, CHART, OR ILLUSTRATION. DO NOT JUST FIND AN IMAGE OF ONE ON THE INTERNET. 

Create a diagram, chart, or illustration in which you depict the flow of energy in marine ecosystems. You may use either a web format in which food chains are included or a biomass pyramid format. The assignment must include the following:

Title Page
Diagram, chart, or illustration of a web format or biomass pyramid
Description of primary productivity
Description of a method used to measure the amount of primary productivity
Description of how primary productivity affects the color of the ocean
List of the factors that cause regional primary productivity to vary among polar, tropical, and temperate oceans
Description of how the selected web or biomass is affected by overfishing
Rubric for the assignment:
Week 5 Flow of Energy Rubric.pdf

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