Word: ecosystems
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...fatty-acid craze threatening our ecosystem? The best omega-3 source is oily fish like salmon, mackerel and sardines. Environmentalists fear that some species - especially a small filter feeder called menhaden, which plays a critical role in the aquatic food chain - are being overfished for oil supplements. Bigger fish prey on menhaden, which eat omega-3-rich algae and in doing so clean the ocean waters off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. By filtering up to 7 gal. (about 26 L) per min., menhaden help prevent oxygen-depleting algal blooms that lead to underwater dead zones...
...their ecosystem parable, the Spierigs show they have minds that can invent a plausible society, and quite the eye for decorating their imaginary landscape, but no gift for bringing individual scenes and characters to life. The movie gets logy in its middle sections, and the sound recording makes it seem that everyone spoke into steel drums. Most of the actors are like plasticene puppets on a stop-motion movie set; their creators were so dazzled by their skills at art direction that they forgot to animate the figures. In standard-narrative terms, Daybreakers suffers from tired blood. No question...