Producers

What is a Producer? Types of Producers Phototrophs and chemotrophs are the two most common forms of primary producers. Phototrophs  Word origin: photo– (light) + troph (nourishment) On occasion, the terms’secondary producers’ and ‘tertiary producers’ are employed. Animals that devour plants are secondary producers because they “generate” biomass for their predators. Likewise, carnivores that are … Read more