What is a detritus based food chain? aren't all food chains detritus based?

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Subject: What is a detritus based food chain? aren't all food chains detritus based?

Date: Sun Nov 4 20:40:07 2007
Posted by Keri
Grade level: grad (science) School: UF
City: gainesville State/Province: florida Country: USA
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 1194234007.En

Message:


I am currently reading an ecology book that diffrentiates between a detritus 
based and a a plant based food chain.......but aren't all systems detritus 
based? what is an example of a plant based food chain?

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