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Effects of macroalgae loss in an Antarctic marine food web: applying extinction thresholds to food web studies
(PeerJ, 2018-09)
Antarctica is seriously affected by climate change, particularly at the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) where a rapid regional warming is observed. Potter Cove is a WAP fjord at Shetland Islands that constitutes a ...
Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links
(2008)
Parasitism is the most common consumer strategy among organisms, yet only recently has there been a call for the inclusion of infectious disease agents in food webs. The value of this effort hinges on whether parasites ...
(RE)APPROXIMATING FOOD PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS IN METRO VANCOUVER, CANADA
(Univ Autonoma Caribe-uac, 2016-01-01)
This paper interprets the Metro Vancouver food localization movement, thorough the lens of the second generation of food sovereignty, with the objective of exploring its economic dimensions. First we promote a theoretical ...
International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods
(2012)
Background: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the world with
over-nutrition a primary cause of diet-related ill health. Excess quantities of energy, saturated fat, sugar and ...
Natural alternatives for reducing bacterial biofilms in food industry
(Univ Federal Ceara, Centro Ciencias Agrarias, 2017-04-01)
Of the microorganisms often found in biofilms, bacteria are the predominant group. In the food industry, pathogenic biofilms considered of great importance in the context of food safety and public health, arousing the ...
Trophic level, food chain length and omnivory in the Paraná River: a food web model approach in a floodplain river system
(Springer Tokyo, 2015-09)
To determine the mean trophic level and food chain length and to quantify omnivory in a floodplain lake of the Middle Paraná River, we constructed a food web model based on available data. Because proper selection of basal ...
Southern Ocean Food Web Modelling: Progress, Prognoses, and Future Priorities for Research and Policy Makers
(Frontiers Media, 2021-10)
Globally important services are supported by Southern Ocean ecosystems, underpinned by the structure, function, and dynamics of complex interconnected and regionally distinctive food webs. These food webs vary in response ...