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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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One significant knowledge gap necessary for assessing ecosystem-wide impacts of restoration in... estuaries is a characterization of baseline lower trophic levels. These lower tropic levels are the lowest part of the food web where organisms such as plant-like phytoplankton serve as food to animals such as zooplankton in the water column. Other organisms of lower trophic levels include plant-like microphytobenthos and marine worms living within the sediments. These organisms form an important part of the estuary ecosystem [and] provide energy at the base of the food chain [that] support the growth of larger predators at the top[, ] such as speckled trout or red fish[. These] organisms also help to break down debris, put oxygen back into sediments, and can provide a biological window into the health of an estuary.  1, record 1, English, - lower%20trophic%20level

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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... an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators and involving reciprocal changes in the relative populations of predator and prey through a food chain, which often results in dramatic changes in ecosystem structure and nutrient cycling.  2, record 2, English, - trophic%20cascade

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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En écologie, les cascades trophiques découlent d'interactions prédateur-proie qui affectent l'abondance, la biomasse ou la productivité de plus d'un niveau au sein d'un réseau trophique.  1, record 2, French, - cascade%20trophique

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Las cascadas tróficas constituyen un fenómeno especial de las redes tróficas. Se trata de cómo los cambios de abundancia de grandes depredadores, ubicados en las cumbres de las pirámides tróficas, afectan la abundancia de las especies que se encuentran en la base de las pirámides.  1, record 2, Spanish, - cascada%20tr%C3%B3fica

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A forage species is one that is below the top of an aquatic food chain. It's an important source of food for at least some other aquatic species, and it experiences high mortality from these predators.  1, record 3, English, - forage%20species

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Une espèce fourragère est une espèce qui se trouve sous le sommet d'une chaîne alimentaire aquatique. Elle constitue une importante source de nourriture pour certaines autres espèces aquatiques et connaît une forte mortalité par prédation.  1, record 3, French, - esp%C3%A8ce%20fourrag%C3%A8re

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Through this biomagnification process, which can take a relatively long time and affect the entire ecosystem, such contaminants can eventually accumulate in high enough concentrations to produce acute or chronic toxic effects in predatory species at the top of the food chain.  1, record 4, English, - predatory%20species

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

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Les populations d'espèces proie conditionnent le taux de croissance de leurs espèces prédatrices car elles leur fournissent les aliments nécessaires au développement et à la reproduction des individus qui s'en nourrissent.  2, record 4, French, - esp%C3%A8ce%20pr%C3%A9datrice

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