food web
21fishing down the food web — the shift in fishes sought commercially from long lived, high trophic level, piscivorous bottom fish toward short lived, low trophic level invertebrates and planktivorous pelagic fish. At first catches increase, but then become stagnating or… …
22food chain — 1. Ecol. a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc. 2. the chain from a food source to the ultimate consumer. [1925 30] * * * Sequence of… …
23food cycle — noun (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains • Syn: ↑food web • Topics: ↑ecology, ↑bionomics, ↑environmental science • Hypernyms: ↑ …
24food chain — noun (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member • Topics: ↑ecology, ↑bionomics, ↑environmental science • Hypernyms: ↑organic phenomenon • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
25food chain — A series of plants and animals linked by their food relationships; the passage of energy and materials from producer through a succession of consumers. Green plants, plant eating insects, and an insect eating bat would form a simple food chain …
26food chain — noun a) The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community. With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain. b) a hierarchy See Also: food web …
27food cycle — see food web …
28food chain — The flow of energy and matter in living organisms through a producer consumer sequence (See also food web) …
29food chain — the transfer/flow of energy through an ecosystem. Energy is made available to the system by plants or autotrophs and then moves through the system as each trophic level above feeds on the level below. At each level energy is ost to… …
30Food vs fuel — is the dilemma regarding the risk of diverting farmland or crops for biofuels production in detriment of the food supply on a global scale. The food vs. fuel or food or fuel debate is internationally controversial, with good and valid arguments… …
