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Tracking mercury exposure is crucial for monitoring an ecosystem—but merely sampling rocks, ice or soil for its presence tells little about how much is actually entering the food web.
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
This analysis tracks how the depletion of the largest species—like sawfishes and rhino rays—began in nearshore waters and has since cascaded through the food web, affecting even the deep-sea habitats.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The most severe of these impacts are death after entanglement, habitat destruction and food web changes.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 8 May 2024
The marine drifters form the base of an intricate food web and attract an abundance of fish, seals, whales and seabirds.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
This analysis tracks how the depletion of the largest species—like sawfishes and rhino rays—began in nearshore waters and has since cascaded through the food web, affecting even the deep-sea habitats.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The most severe of these impacts are death after entanglement, habitat destruction and food web changes.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 8 May 2024
The marine drifters form the base of an intricate food web and attract an abundance of fish, seals, whales and seabirds.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Food web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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