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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.
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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
These changes represent a major shift in the ecosystem, one that, on a wide scale, could reverberate through the food web as the grasses and forbs, such as wildflowers, that cattle and wildlife rely on decline and are replaced by a more desertlike environment.
—Aimee Classen, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2026
Invasive mussels eat up all the plankton, which form the base of the food web, causing fish populations to decline.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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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
These changes represent a major shift in the ecosystem, one that, on a wide scale, could reverberate through the food web as the grasses and forbs, such as wildflowers, that cattle and wildlife rely on decline and are replaced by a more desertlike environment.
—Aimee Classen, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2026
Invasive mussels eat up all the plankton, which form the base of the food web, causing fish populations to decline.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Food web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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