Biomanipulation is a top-down community organization strategy used to change ecosystem characteristics. An example is altering the density of higher-level consumers in lakes to prevent algal blooms and eutrophication, as opposed to chemical treatments.
Biomanipulation is a community organization approach to change ecosystem features. It involves adjusting higher-level consumer populations, like in lakes to prevent algal blooms, rather than using chemicals.
| Front | biomanipulation |
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| Back | An approach that applies the top-down model of community organization to alter ecosystem characteristics. For example, ecologists can prevent algal blooms and eutrophication by altering the density of higher-level consumers in lakes instead of by using chemical treatments. |
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