Summary
Humans depend on aquatic habitats for numerous ecosystem services including drinking water, food production, and recreation. The provision and maintenance of these services is underpinned by ecological processes that change under different ecological contexts and human uses. Ecosystem energy flow, the movement of energy from basal species such as plants and algae up food webs to top predators, is a crucial ecological process that can influence the number of different species, their biomass, and population persistence across space and time. However, understanding the patterns and drivers of eco
