Portal:Marine Biodiversity/Content
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Definitions
- Genetic diversity
- Species diversity
- Ecosystem diversity
- Functional diversity
- Ecosystem functioning
- Cultural and economic understanding of biodiversity
Evolution Why is Marine biodiversity important
- Resilience and resistance
- Disturbance prevention
- Nutrient cycling
- Gas and climate regulation
- Bioremediation of waste
- Biologically mediated habitat
- Food provision
- Raw materials, including ornamental resources
- Leisure
- Cultural values
- Information service
- Non-use value: bequest value and existence value
- Option use value
- European marine biodiversity sites
- Geographic variation
- Ecosystem variation
- Variation of valuation of biodivsersity
- The Deep Sea
- Continental Shelf Seabed
- Rocky and sandy shores
- Pelagic Ecosystems
- Mangrove Forests and Seagrass Meadows
- Estuarine Ecosystems
- Coral Reefs
- Polar Regions
Threats to Marine Biodiversity
- Over exploitation - recreational and commercial
- Pollution
- Habitat destruction and fragmentation
- Non-native species invasions
- Effects of global climate change
- Economic losses through unemployment and reduced productivity
- Dramatic reductions in the numbers of many popular edible fish and shellfish
- Extinction of species that might be useful in developing new medicines
- Reduced ability of ecosystems to respond to disaster, both natural (floods) and man-made (pollution)
- Accelerated global climate change
- Social and political instability
- MPAs (Marine Protected Areas)
- ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management)
- EM (Ecosystem based Management)
- Conservation policy and legislation
- [[Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)**EU Common Fisheries Policy
- EC Habitats Directive
