'How to support a functioning ecosystem' suggests that the text should give people advice.

“如何支撑一个运行的生态系统”说明文章会给人们建议。

But what's happening here now is vital for how this ecosystem functions over the year.

但是这里正在发生的一切对于这个生态系统迈向来年的运转是至关重要的。

He added that supporting whale recovery may help repair " ecosystem functions lost in the past hundred years" .

他补充说，恢复鲸鱼数量可能有助于修复" 过去100年失去的生态系统功能" 。

But to explore what's creating these lethal conditions, we first need to understand how a healthy marine ecosystem functions.

但若要探究是什么原因造成这些致命的条件，我们得先了解健康的海洋生态系统如何运作。

How to support a functioning ecosystem Before you read any of the text, one technique is to read the headings first.

如何支撑一个运行的生态系统在你阅读文章之前，一个技巧就是首先阅读标题。

I'm still amazed at the perfection with which the entire ecosystem functions together.

我仍然对整个生态系统一起运作的完美感到惊讶。

Fifteen years ago, we asked ourselves, " Beyond protecting landscape, what do we really have to do to create fully functioning ecosystems? "

十五年前，我们问自己，“在保护土地之上，我们究竟应该怎样创造一个能够完全运作的生态系统？”

So this is why we think that underestimation of krill consumption actually plays a large role in not just ecosystem function, but planetary function.

所以这就是为什么我们认为低估磷虾消费量实际上不仅在生态系统功能中，而且在行星功能中都发挥着重要作用。