Definition of FOOD CHAIN

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Recent Examples on the Web Environmentalists say that restoring the apex predators at the top of the food chain helps revive ecosystems, bringing back songbirds and salmon. — Los Angeles Times, oregonlive, "26 dead wolves, 1 ranch in the spotlight," 21 Dec. 2019 Hot, hypersaline water kills off the vast sea-grass beds that are the foundation of the food chain. — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, "The Conservation Fight for Florida Water is Finally Seeing Progress," 6 Dec. 2019 All parts of the food chain were attracted to the reefs, including herbivores, detritivores, planktivores and predatory piscivores, the researchers found. — Fox News, "Dying coral reefs could be saved by playing sounds of healthy coral reefs from speakers," 3 Dec. 2019 The ocean also has become more acidic as humans have released higher concentrations of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and that jeopardizes valuable shellfish and the plankton that form the base of the food chain. — Patrick Whittle, The Denver Post, "Safeguarding the seas, 1 protected area at a time," 26 Nov. 2019 The ocean also has become more acidic as humans have released higher concentrations of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and that jeopardizes valuable shellfish and the plankton that form the base of the food chain. — CBS News, "This small stretch of ocean stirred a conservation movement – but now it's at risk," 26 Nov. 2019 Some of us have begun to change our own lives, pledging to fly less and to eat lower on the food chain. — Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, "Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns," 17 Sep. 2019 What might have seemed like a routine addition to a fast-food chain's lineup quickly turns into a national obsession. — Emily Heil, Houston Chronicle, "How 2019 became the Year of the Chicken Sandwich," 24 Dec. 2019 The contamination accumulates up the food chain from small fish to larger fish to humans. — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, "Are Alabama fish safe to eat? Here’s how the state decides," 2 Dec. 2019

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