trophic cascade

noun

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

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Meanings

nountrophic cascade (plural trophic cascades)

plural trophic cascades

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