Answer;
Larger: water flow, salt deposits
Smaller: birds, shrimp, algae
Explanation;
-Mono lake is a productive aquatic ecosystem but with very few species. The lake has two major habitats; an open water pelagic region and a nearshore littoral region. Trophic structure, the linkages within the food web, is different in these two habitats.
-Mono Lake’s unique combination of algae, brine shrimp and alkali flies make it one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Along with nesting gulls and snowy plovers, eared grebes join nearly 100 species of birds flocking to the lake by the thousands.
