Unnatural Oceans
Ecological understanding of the oceans is based on an unnatural mix of mostly small species whose trophic relations are distorted to an unknown degree by the overfishing of megafauna including sharks, sea turtles, sea cows, seals, and whales. Living habitats like seagrass beds, kelp forests, and cor...
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2001-12-01
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| author | Jeremy B.C. Jackson Enric Sala |
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| description | Ecological understanding of the oceans is based on an unnatural mix of mostly small species whose trophic relations are distorted to an unknown degree by the overfishing of megafauna including sharks, sea turtles, sea cows, seals, and whales. Living habitats like seagrass beds, kelp forests, and coral reefs that once provided critical 3-dimensional habitats for refuge and reproduction of most of the biodiversity of the oceans are also greatly reduced by fishing and other factors. Successful restoration and conservation require a more realistic understanding of the ecology of pristine marine ecosystems that can only be obtained by a combination of retrospective analyses, modeling, and intensive studies of succession in very large marine reserves. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d92af889ace4185aa038c6e403bb39a2022-12-21T19:41:27ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasScientia Marina0214-83581886-81342001-12-0165S227328110.3989/scimar.2001.65s2273694Unnatural OceansJeremy B.C. Jackson0Enric Sala1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of CaliforniaScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of CaliforniaEcological understanding of the oceans is based on an unnatural mix of mostly small species whose trophic relations are distorted to an unknown degree by the overfishing of megafauna including sharks, sea turtles, sea cows, seals, and whales. Living habitats like seagrass beds, kelp forests, and coral reefs that once provided critical 3-dimensional habitats for refuge and reproduction of most of the biodiversity of the oceans are also greatly reduced by fishing and other factors. Successful restoration and conservation require a more realistic understanding of the ecology of pristine marine ecosystems that can only be obtained by a combination of retrospective analyses, modeling, and intensive studies of succession in very large marine reserves.http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/700overfishingfood websbiological habitatbody sizehistorical ecology |
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| topic | overfishing food webs biological habitat body size historical ecology |
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