food web

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Using this information, the team reconstructed the Jurassic food web in greater detail than previously achieved for dinosaurs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Microplastics, along with ultra-tiny nanoplastics, can kill or severely sicken marine life before entering the food web and ultimately ending up on our plates.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

"The other thing we're trying to figure out is once these organisms fix the carbon into their cells, how does it become available to the rest of the food web?" she noted.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

"As ice decreases in the future, we expect to see increased consumption of nutrients by phytoplankton in the Arctic, which has consequences for the food web," Pavia said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025

They "play a central role in the food web, consuming fish and invertebrates and recycling nutrients" and are one of the "keystone species" of their ecosystem.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025