Decomposers
NatureWorks
New Hampshire Public Television
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Back to the Beginning
When plants and animals die, they become food for decompose READ MORE http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep11b.htm
Nematodes in General
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nematology
What are Nematodes?
Nematodes are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth. A handful of soil will contain thousands of th READ MORE http://nematode.unl.edu/wormgen.htm
Introduction to the Fungi
University of California
Museum of Paleontology
The Kingdom Fungi includes some of the most important organisms, both in terms of their ecological and economic roles. READ MORE http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungi.html
Decomposers in freshwater ecosystems are fungi, bacteria, and earthworms; they recycle dead material and turn it into nutrients that can go back into the ecosystem. Find out more about these decomposers.