 Food Chain
"Food Chain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of FOOD. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web because most organisms consume more than one type of animal or plant. PLANTS, which convert SOLAR ENERGY to food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS, are the primary food source. In a predator chain, a plant-eating animal is eaten by a larger animal. In a parasite chain, a smaller organism consumes part of a larger host and may itself be parasitized by smaller organisms. In a saprophytic chain, microorganisms live on dead organic matter.
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D020387
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.157.250 N06.230.124.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Food Chain- Food Chain
- Chain, Food
- Chains, Food
- Food Chains
Saprophytic Chain- Saprophytic Chain
- Chain, Saprophytic
- Chains, Saprophytic
- Saprophytic Chains
Predator Chain- Predator Chain
- Chain, Predator
- Chains, Predator
- Predator Chains
Food Web- Food Web
- Food Webs
- Web, Food
- Webs, Food
Parasite Chain- Parasite Chain
- Chain, Parasite
- Chains, Parasite
- Parasite Chains
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Food Chain" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Food Chain" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Food Chain" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Zinke LA, Glombitza C, Bird JT, R?y H, J?rgensen BB, Lloyd KG, Amend JP, Reese BK. Microbial Organic Matter Degradation Potential in Baltic Sea Sediments Is Influenced by Depositional Conditions and In Situ Geochemistry. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019 02 15; 85(4).
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Xu D, Brennan G, Xu L, Zhang XW, Fan X, Han WT, Mock T, McMinn A, Hutchins DA, Ye N. Ocean acidification increases iodine accumulation in kelp-based coastal food webs. Glob Chang Biol. 2019 Feb; 25(2):629-639.
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Berm?dez R, Feng Y, Roleda MY, Tatters AO, Hutchins DA, Larsen T, Boyd PW, Hurd CL, Riebesell U, Winder M. Long-Term Conditioning to Elevated pCO2 and Warming Influences the Fatty and Amino Acid Composition of the Diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0123945.
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