0 a series of living things that are connected because each group of things eats the group below it in the chain --
1 a series of living things that are connected because each group of things eats the group below it in the series --
2 a series of living things in which each group eats organisms from the group lower than itself in the series --
This upwelling brings nutrients that support the base of the food chain.
Thus, there is a greater potential for low concentrations of fat-soluble environmental contaminants to accumulate and have effects at the top of the food chain.
Pursuing parasites up the food chain : implications of food web structure and function on parasite communities in aquatic systems.
This suggests that middling caciques' territorialization can be related to changes occurring higher up the political food chain.
The toxins and their metabolites are concentrated in the food chain when carnivorous fish prey on smaller herbivorous fish.
Ecotoxicological study of platinum using an experimental food chain.
The food chain in these bromeliads should be based mainly on detritus.
The more hydrophobic organochlorines partition quickly onto soil and plant surfaces, from which they are assimilated in the food chain through diet.
