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Then researchers discovered the local food web changes with seals and sevengill sharks taking over.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
Without sea stars to balance the food web, urchin numbers have exploded.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Sediment clouds from mining can travel hundreds or even thousands of miles, potentially disrupting the entire mid-water food web and affecting important species such as tuna.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Through photosynthesis, the particles of light power a cellular reaction that manufactures chemical energy (in the form of sugars), which is then passed around the food web in a complex dance of herbivores, predators, scavengers, decomposers, and more.
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
Without sea stars to balance the food web, urchin numbers have exploded.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Sediment clouds from mining can travel hundreds or even thousands of miles, potentially disrupting the entire mid-water food web and affecting important species such as tuna.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Through photosynthesis, the particles of light power a cellular reaction that manufactures chemical energy (in the form of sugars), which is then passed around the food web in a complex dance of herbivores, predators, scavengers, decomposers, and more.
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Food web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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