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Meanwhile, intake systems can trap and kill fish larvae, plankton and other organisms at the base of the marine food web — losses that can ripple outward, reducing populations of fish and larger predators that depend on them.
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ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
But by driving declines in crayfish, which underpin the wetland food web, swamp eels have the potential to disrupt the entire system.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
But researchers found in 2022 that brine flies, which form the base of the lake’s food web, and brine shrimp, a multimillion, global fish food business in Utah, had begun to disappear.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Allowing poison to enter the food web is also not in the spirit of good conservationism, Neumann said.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 24 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
But by driving declines in crayfish, which underpin the wetland food web, swamp eels have the potential to disrupt the entire system.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
But researchers found in 2022 that brine flies, which form the base of the lake’s food web, and brine shrimp, a multimillion, global fish food business in Utah, had begun to disappear.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Allowing poison to enter the food web is also not in the spirit of good conservationism, Neumann said.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 24 Feb. 2026
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