A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

Do you think you know which species are most vulnerable in an ecosystem? A novel analytical method developed by Italian ...

The team compared food webs in protected versus non-protected environments, relating any differences to environmental, geographical, and conservation status conditions of the protected areas.

Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything.

Bacteria and fungi (decomposers) form the base of the soil food web. Decomposers are experts at breaking down large complex nutrients into simpler, more usable forms.

Decomposition is controlled by climate, litter quality and origin, and the identity and abundance of microbial and faunal decomposers 2 – 4. Climate regulates decomposition rates directly, but also ...

The key to maximizing the soil food web is determining what starting mixes are best for your seeds.

New research by Amanda Koltz provides the latest evidence that climate change is having an impact on food webs in high-latitude ecosystems.

Microbial awakening restructures high-latitude food webs as permafrost thaws New study shows that fungi are replacing plants as primary energy source for Arctic and boreal animals Date: January 3 ...