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Patterns of Marine Biodiversity:
Highest diversity habitats are:
Highest diversity habitats are:
• Coral reefs
• Estuaries
• Deep-ocean floor
• Coastal diversity > Open sea
• Benthic (bottom) diversity > Pelagic (surface)
• Lowest diversity in the mid-depth open ocean
• Estuaries
• Deep-ocean floor
• Coastal diversity > Open sea
• Benthic (bottom) diversity > Pelagic (surface)
• Lowest diversity in the mid-depth open ocean
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Strategies to Protect North American Coastal Waters
• Comprehensive legislation
• Federal funding
• Focus fisheries management on whole ecosystems and habitats
• Establish marine network linked by corridors
• Federal funding
• Focus fisheries management on whole ecosystems and habitats
• Establish marine network linked by corridors
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Human Impacts on Aquatic Biodiversity
- Commercial fishing
- Non-native species (intentionally intruduced or accidentially from balast water)
- Non-native species (intentionally intruduced or accidentially from balast water)
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Protecting and Sustaining Marine Biodiversity
challenges
challenges
Challenges
• Rapid coastal
development
• Damage not visible
• International waters
under no single
jurisdiction
• Rapid coastal
development
• Damage not visible
• International waters
under no single
jurisdiction
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Endangered Sea Turtles: why are they endangered
• Loss of beach habitat where eggs laid
• Human removal of eggs
• Use of turtles for food, medicine, clothing
• Bycatching
• Human removal of eggs
• Use of turtles for food, medicine, clothing
• Bycatching
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Managing and Sustaining Marine Fisheries
what are some solutions?
what are some solutions?
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Rebuilding Salmon Populations: solutions
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Important Ecological Services Provided by Lakes and Rivers