This document discusses a food web and the impacts of garbage on the interconnected animals. It questions how adding garbage would affect the animals in the web and humans. The author, Elaine Krebs, is a USC graduate student studying marine biology. She asks where humans fit into the food web as predators and/or prey. The document also lists problems pollution causes, its effects, and potential solutions like using public transportation and reusable bags to reduce impacts.

1. Project(by:(Elaine(Krebs(
USC(Masters(Student(in(Marine(and(Environmental(Biology(
Prey=(animal((
being(eaten(
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Predator=(animal((
doing(the(ea?ng(
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This(food(web(shows(how(
animals(are(connected!((
(
What!happens!to!!
the!animals!if!garbage!!
is!added!to!the!web?!!
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What!happens!to!us?!!
Elaine(Krebs(
M.S.(Marine(and(Environmental(Biology,(2015((
Where!are!humans!
connected!to!the!web?!!
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Are!we!
!predators!
!or!prey?(
(
Which!animals!!
are!predators?!!
!
Which!animals!are!prey?!
!
!Can!you!find!one!that!is!both?!
!

2. Problems:! Effects:! Solu@ons:!
K Take!public!transporta@on!or!ride!your!bike!
whenever(possible(–(this(helps(us(use(less(oil(((
(
K Use!reusable!boDles!and!bags!instead(of(plas?c(
ones(–(oil(is(the(main(ingredient(in(plas?c(
K Minimize!water!usage!especially(when(it’s(
raining(–(this(reduces(stress(on(the(sewage(
system(
(
K Don’t!put!chemicals!or!oils!down!the!drain!–(this(
can(clog(pipes(and(cause(them(to(burst.(
K Avoid!use!of!pes@cides!and!fer@lizers!–(rain(
washes(these(chemicals(into(the(ocean(
(
K Put!trash!and!recyclables!in!to!the!proper!bins!–(
so(they(don’t(get(blown(into(water(
K Oysters(
K Fish(
K Crabs(
(
K Don’t!fish!in!protected!areas!
!
K Avoid!ea@ng!fish!that!are!in!danger!of!
ex@nc@on,(such(as(the(Bluefish(Tuna(–(eat(
boun?ful(fish(such(as(trout(instead!((