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deterrent effect meaning, deterrent effect definition | English Cobuild dictionary. deterrent. 1 n-count A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it. They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent...
The Cascade Effect. âAn ecological cascade effect is a series of secondary extinctions that is triggered by the primary extinction of a key species in an ecosystemâ. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_effect_(ecology)). Recently, the removal of apex predators from food chains in certain areas of the world has had a devastating effect on the ecosystem from which it derives, one of the most common predators removed being the shark.