The Fallen Leaf
The Fallen Leaf
This is the story of the ‘fallen leaf’. It
illustrates how all the organisms in a
riparian area ecosystem are linked
together. Click to start.
The Fallen Leaf
The Fallen Leaf
A
falls
the
and
gets
It leaf
gets
caught
in their
aground
log
and
from
fish
get
The
aquatic
fish
nutrients
livetoinsects
out
aid
the
get
tree
life
eaten
(migrate,
todeposited
grow
by small
and
swept
downstream
by
the
microorganisms
start
to
eatcurrent.
it,
and
in
the
forest
get
by
fish
spawn),
produce
and
then
small
newand
some
leaves
fish
get
get
–reabsorbed
eaten
starting
eaten
byby
the
bigger
land
theysoil.
get
by larger aquatic
the
fish.
animals
cycle
again.
–eaten
like bear!
invertebrates.