The ocean’s food web begins with the producers at the lowest tropic level of the oceanic food web. These producers consist of the base-level microorganisms and the oceanic plant life on the ocean floor; the producers of the ocean’s food web are the plankton, ocean bacteria, and algae. The consumers then follow the producers, as these predators will consume the microorganisms for energy. The consumers will consist of most organisms in the food web, which will centralize to the apex predator in the food web. Smaller consumers are the guppies, baby fishes, and shrimps, while larger consumers consist of octopi, sharks, and whales. Afterward, the food web will then have scavengers, which will consume the dead bodies and use their bodies to recycle the potential energy back to the producers. These scavengers include crabs, janitor fishes, and lobsters.