In terrestrial forest and coral reef environments, scientists have long understood how this sort of "state shift," as this foundational habitat change is called, can alter food web dynamics.

Earthworms, for example, add air to the soil and help cycle nutrients. Therefore, when they consume plastic, it affects the animals that prey on them, the soil they live in, and even the food we grow.

A food web is a complex network made up of all of the food chains in an ecosystem. Microplastics were detected in nearly 12% of specimens, with earthworms showing the highest contamination rate at ...

KARLINE SOETAERT, DICK VAN OEVELEN, Modeling Food Web Interactions in Benthic Deep-Sea Ecosystems, Oceanography, Vol. 22, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON HERMES HOTSPOT ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH ON THE MARGINS OF ...

Generally, fish stock assessment models estimate the numbers of fish at different ages, the rate at which they grow and reproduce, and the rate at which they die. These biological dynamics of a fish ...

New genetic web tool to help restore climate-resilient marine ecosystems Date: October 30, 2024 Source: Flinders University Summary: In the face of increased human pressures and climate change, a ...

Credit: Pat Milligan When people talk about the interconnectedness of nature, the usual example involves a little fish that eats a bug, a bigger fish that eats the little fish, and an even bigger fish ...

China's Chang'e 8 moon mission, which is targeted to launch in 2028 or so, will carry a small ecosystem and other payloads to test using lunar resources.