predator removal leads to overgrazing of the entire plant community with the concomitant loss of associated ecosystem services. When and Where Do Community-Level Trophic Cascades Occur?

In a new study, researchers at the University of Würzburg are investigating the interaction of major global change drivers on ...

Parasites are crucial indicators of ecosystem health, and their absence can signal trouble. Once pristine, Florida's Indian River Lagoon (IRL) now faces pollution and algal blooms that have damaged ...

Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic level consumers. Finnish Dutch research group examined terrestrial ...

Trophic levels are the layers or ranks within a food chain that describe the roles organisms play in an ecosystem based on their source of energy and nutrients. Essentially, they help define who ...

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Research on subsurface microplastics shows their prevalence in ocean waters, emphasizing the need for global cooperation to ...

This is according to a rapid assessment expedition led by Conservation International with New Zealand Geographic.

Have you ever thought about what would happen if all life in the ocean disappeared? A recent study explores this extreme ...

Scientists speak of the phenomenon of a trophic cascade when the change in prevalence of a top predator leads to changes across all levels of ... the entire ecosystem of an entire bay completely ...

Aquatic communities contribute to overall biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services but are threatened by ...