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The interconnection of food chain leads to the food and interrelationship of organisms and this complex situation is thus known as..........

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  • A food web (or food cycle) is a natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.
  • The linkages in a food web illustrate the feeding pathways, such as where heterotrophs obtain organic matter by feeding on autotrophs and other heterotrophs.
  • The food web is a simplified illustration of the various methods of feeding that links an ecosystem into a unified system of exchange.
  • Autotrophs and heterotrophs come in all sizes, from microscopic to many tonnes - from cyanobacteria to giant redwoods, and from viruses and bdellovibrio to blue whales.
So the correct option is 'food web'.

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