Sentences with phrase «great ecosystems engineers»
Both species are great ecosystems engineers, modifying their environments by cutting branches and entire tree trunks in order to build dams, canals and dens.
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The site is also the subject of an anticipated $ 7.7 million Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration project, focusing on the shoreline and spearheaded by the Army Corps of Engineers, which expects to fund $ 5 million of the work along with nearly $ 2.7 million from the Park District, officials said.
Our efforts are supported by the USEPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the US Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration (GLFER) program and the IDNR's Illinois Coastal Management Program (ICMP).
With huge metabolic demands — and large populations before humans started hunting them — great whales are the ocean's ecosystem engineers: they eat many fish and invertebrates, are themselves prey to other predators like killer whales, and distribute nutrients through the water.