| ISBN |
9781484605271 (pbk.) |
| 1484605276 (pbk.) |
| Name |
Royston, Angela, 1945- author. |
| Title |
River food chains / Angela Royston. |
| Published |
Chicago, Illinois Heinemann Library, [2015] |
| ©2015 |
| Description |
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Living in a river -- World's biggest rivers -- What is a food chain? -- A European food chain -- Where do food chains begin? -- Animal consumers -- An Amazon food chain -- Top predators -- Living on the remains -- A Limpopo food chain -- Food webs -- Broken chains -- Protecting food chains. |
| Summary |
This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in river habitats. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what we can do to prevent this. |
| Subjects |
Stream ecology -- Juvenile literature |
| Rivers -- Juvenile literature |
| Food chains (Ecology) -- Juvenile literature |
| Stream conservation -- Juvenile literature |
| Series |
Food chains and webs |
| Heinemann first library |
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