Sentences with phrase «food source for»

I wonder if my home will ever feature a toilet of the future, capable of converting my waste into a food source for my trees.

One of their favorite examples began in 1944, when the Coast Guard introduced 29 reindeer on remote St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea to serve as the backup food source for the 19 men operating a station there.

«Thus, at this time of year, young polar bears may represent a possible food source for adult males.

In Point Lay, another village in the North Slope Borough, walruses (also a food source for many) are dangerously stranded on an island because of the absence of sea ice.

This would have had major implications regarding food source for managed crops and game alike.

He believes that unlike MPAs, which protect just certain areas, this approach can protect all of a country's critical ocean habitats and species while continuing to provide a stable food source for people.

In the 1970s and 1980s, for example, researchers argued that reducing certain whale populations would aid stocks of krill, a ubiquitous crustacean in the Southern Ocean that is a key food source for baleen whales and other marine species.

Zooplankton in turn are the main food source for most of the ocean biomass.

Partly because they give birth on mobile pack ice, harps have their pups earlier in the season than all other Arctic seals, which means that in some regions, they are a critical food source for polar bears that have eaten little over the winter months.

Krill is a basic food source for many species in polar marine ecosystems.

You are not accounting for the great flexibility of the biosystem to expand to fill the food source available, and CO2 is a food source for plants.

This is a great activity for kids, and offers an important food source for birds during the winter.

This is the food source for the species» caterpillars.

Otherwise, it is a certainty that seawater will become so acidic by the end of this century that the plankton forming the foundation of the ocean's food chain will cease to exist, leading to a massive die - off of fish and the loss of this important food source for billions of people.

Also note that human flesh is now the largest, most massive (mostly) unexploited uniform food source on the planet... and nature does not long tolerate and unexploited food source for long.

Cruz creditably withstood the perennial temptation — among Republicans and Democrats alike — to bow down to Big Corn and the federal mandate for ethanol that has been such a boon to Iowa corn farmers and bane if you care about food prices, greenhouse gas emissions, herbicide use or the loss of wild vegetation in the Midwest that is an important food source for monarchs and habitat for other wildlife.

Eating these invasive species will not solve the problem but it will lessen the impact and provide a new food source for this hungry world.

In 1944 the US Coast Guard introduced 29 reindeer onto the remote St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea, in order to serve as the backup food source for the 19 men stationed there.

Apart from providing a food source for some beneficial organisms; being porous, they contain numerous tiny holes which help to both aerate the bin and offer hiding places for other smaller insects.

She asked individuals to swab their belly buttons, then wiped the sample on a Petri dish covered in agar, a jelly - like food source for bacteria.

Pikmin 3 takes place some time after the previous games, and instead tells the tales of three new explorers named Alph, Brittany, and Charlie, who have come to the Pikmin homeworld in search of a new food source for their ailing planet.

This is largely due to an unusually high concentration of krill, a bedrock food source for marine wildlife.

The system allowed Hawaiians to control algae, a major food source for fish.

The anchovy is a significant food source for almost every predatory fish in its environment, including the California halibut, rock fish, yellowtail, shark, chinook, and coho salmon.

It scans the ocean for the reflections off of the silvery scales of schooling fish rely solely on the ocean as their food source for they are carnivores and love to eat anchovies (Engraulis mordax).

Both of these narrow passages receive tidal currents of up to 6 knots (10km / h) four times a day and hence provide a rich and transient food source for all manner of inter-tidal & sub-tidal creatures, sea birds, seals, eagles, porpoises in addition to the larger mammals.

Recent fisheries assessments reveal, for example, that the sardine population — a major food source for sea lions — has dropped 72 percent since its last peak in 2006.

They fit into a community food web where they gain enough energy and nutrients to survive and are a food source for other organisms living in the community.

Zophobas morio get much larger than even giant mealworms and are a great food source for adult bearded dragons, monitor lizards, tegus and even turtles.

These highly abundant amphibians are a food source for many small snake species and baby snakes.

Made with real plankton and blue - green spirulina chunks; the Plankton Banquet Block is an excellent daily food source for bottom feeders such as Plecostomus, algae eaters, redtail sharks, Gouramis, saltwater tangs, angels and damsels and more.

KMR Milk Replacer is recommended as a food source for orphaned or rejected kittens or those nursing but needing supplemental feeding.

Small, unobtrusive clusters of green flowers develop into dark purple berries which are an important food source for birds but contain additional oxalic acid which can be moderately toxic to most mammals.

Because chlorella is so high in protein, fat and vitamins, it has been used a human food source for generations.

They are a key food source for many animals, including coyotes, foxes, hawks, eagles, snakes and ferrets.

Inulin serves as a food source for the probiotics (see below).

If squirrels, mice and rats are dining at your bird feeder it can become a food source for hawks and owls, putting your pets at risk.

The primary food source for all larval instars is dried fecal blood from adult fleas.

Flea dirt is the primary food source for larvae.

Inulin, from the chicory root, is a natural food source for Probiotics.

Dogs and cats are carnivores by nature, so a raw diet is the most natural, biologically appropriate food source for them.

If you are looking to raise brine shrimp as a food source for your fish it is easier and less expensive to buy live or frozen adult brine shrimp from your local fish store as you can not raise enough shrimp in a small aquarium to make the effort worthwhile, but if you want to do it as an experiment or learning experience, you can start with a tank of 10 gallons or larger and limit the amount of shrimp nauplii you use as a starter.

Humans living together in a group produce food scraps and other waste, which represents a valuable food source for animals.

These aren't items you can consider as the primary food source for puppies since they don't have all the necessary nutrients, and were designed to enhance a dog's diet, not to replace it.

Since cats are primarily carnivores, that means that they need to eat meat, and that meat should be the main food source for them.

Because of this, owners should make sure that they are providing their dog with a high - quality food, and not rely on grocery store brands as the main food source for their Frenchie.

Raw chicken bones, on the other hand, are an excellent food source for your dog.

A complete food source for orphaned or rejected kittens or those nursing, but needing supplemental feeding.

Rice is a very starchy carbohydrate that tends to ferment in the GI tract and also provides a food source for opportunistic bacteria.

Grain - based shampoos may also provide a carbohydrate food source for unwanted yeast and bacteria.