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the food chain's rank badge — who eats whom, ranked like a menu with consequences.
means relating to nutrition and feeding, especially an organism's position in a food web.
from from greek trophē meaning nourishment, the same root that gives us atrophy — wasting from lack of feeding.
trophic levelplants sit at level one, always
cascade effectremove one predator, whole ecosystem reshuffles
eutrophictoo much nourishment, algae throws a party
pyramid shapeenergy shrinks about ninety percent per level