1991). For example, the predators of a scorpion in a desert ecosystem might be a golden eagle, an owl, a roadrunner, or a fox. The idea to apply the food chains to ecology and to analyze its ...

Microplastics have emerged as a major environmental challenge due to their minute size, persistence, and toxicity. These tiny ...

and produce food and goods for human use. When evaluating the economic value of these various functions, Costanza et al. (1997) concluded that the economic value provided by wetland ecosystems ...

The tiny organisms are found in freshwater ecosystems ... expect a disruption in this food chain … that might lead to ...

Our wetlands perform many essential functions that are often overlooked.

Wetland biodiversity matters for our health, our food supply, for tourism and for jobs. Wetlands are vital for humans, for other ecosystems and for our climate, providing essential ecosystem ...