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What’s more, forests that don’t recover from severe fires can shift into different ecosystems entirely, which not only affects the range of plants and animals in the area, but can also affect the larger food web, Dahl said.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
Chief among them are determining the boundary of the dump site, mapping the spread of the pollution and tracking its migration across the food web.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
And phytoplankton are the microscopic, plant-like marine organisms that form the foundation of the food web.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
Scientists also will examine how the nutrients and contaminants are accumulating in the marine food web and how this network is affected by climate change.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
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First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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“Food web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
food web
noun
: the whole group of interacting food chains in an ecological community
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