Environment & Ecology · Environment
What is a trophic cascade?
- 1A series of top-down regulatory controls imposed by government policies on ecosystems.
- 2The interconnected chain of energy flow from primary producers to tertiary consumers in an ecosystem.
- 3When predators at the top or middle levels are removed, and this has a cascading effect throughout the food chain affecting all lower trophic levels.✓
- 4Internal competition between species for resources leading to natural selection within their own population.
Correct answer
When predators at the top or middle levels are removed, and this has a cascading effect throughout the food chain affecting all lower trophic levels.
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