Home > How Are Dolphins Important To The Ecosystem How Are Dolphins Important To The Ecosystem?
Dolphins are important to the ecosystem in the sense that they are apex or top-level predators which control populations of fishes and squids and keep the ecosystem balance. Lately, the bottlenose dolphin has been identified as sentinel of the coastal marine ecosystems, because their consume of a wide variety of fishes and squids, they concentrate contaminants in their bodies when there are high concentrations of contaminants in the water. Links to other pages in this site How Do Dolphins Protect Themselves? What Do Dolphins Eat? How Does A Dolphin Reproduce? What Animals Eat Dolphins? How Does A Dolphin Look Like? | ||
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