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Road Salt Stress Alters Freshwater Food Webs - Watersheds Canada – Work, Live & Play in Healthy Lakes and Rivers
Nature is deeply interconnected, and the movement of energy throughout food chains it is a great example of this. Every organism is part of multiple food chains that overlap and connect to form larger food webs within a single ecosystem. This blog post explores the impacts of road salts on these food webs, and the implications on the whole of a freshwater system's form and function.