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trophic cascade

trophic cascade noun: the secondary disruptions that go cascading through a system from which a keystone species has been removed.

Noun

trophic cascade (plural trophic cascades)

  1. The secondary disruptions that go cascading through a system from which a keystone species has been removed.

Forms of trophic cascade

pluraltrophic cascades

Questions about trophic cascade

What does trophic cascade mean?
Trophic cascade means the secondary disruptions that go cascading through a system from which a keystone species has been removed.
What part of speech is trophic cascade?
Trophic cascade is a noun.
What is the plural of trophic cascade?
The plural of trophic cascade is trophic cascades.

Words near trophic cascade in the dictionary

  1. trophesial
  2. trophesies
  3. trophesy
  4. trophi
  5. trophic
  6. trophic cascade
  7. trophic cascades
  8. trophic cell
  9. trophic cells
  10. trophic hormone
  11. trophic hormones

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