Coral reefs, those beautiful underwater structures that hug the shores of many continents and islands around the world, are remarkable for a number of reasons. First and perhaps foremost those magnificent structures are literally made by the excretions from tiny organisms-the coral from which they take their name. But, and more importantly for us, coral reefs support complex and productive underwater ecosystems. Like a tapestry, the weft and weave of the organisms that inhabit these structures make for one of the world's most diverse collections of plant and animal life, everything from fish, invertebrates, algae, and even birds and some marine mammals. Pull on one essential thread and you threaten to unravel the entire ecosystem. The world's coral reefs are dying. These reefs have been...
... is causing an increase in global temperatures; that is why ocean acidification is sometimes know...
...AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and. At...Climate Change and Stream Temperatures. Comment 11: One reviewer provided suggestions for... and subsequent changes in marine ecosystem function, (2) possible changes in stream flow and ...
To avoid extinctions and other harms to ecological health from escalating climatic change, scientists, resource managers, and activists are considering and even engaging in "assisted migration" -- the intentional movement of an organism to an area in which its species has never existed. This article explores the profound implications of climate change for American natural resource management through the lens of this controversial adaptation strategy. It details arguments regarding the scientific viability and legality of assisted migration under the thicket of laws that govern natural resources in the US. The article explains why contemporary natural resource law's fidelity to historic baselines, protecting preexisting biota, and shielding nature from human activity is increasingly unte...
... and restoration, protect native ecosystems, and safeguard wild nature from human intervention... of genetic diversity.37 Increases in temperature over the last one hundred years (an average global... latter section allows the FWS or National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the "Servi...
..., the migrations of fish, insects, and marine mammals have received greater attention. The degre... include milder air, water, or soil temperatures, availability of food or water, lack of predators ... and management of such wetland ecosystem and the fish and wildlife dependent thereon." (175...
... discharges of heavy metals, high temperatures, oils, color, and other hazardous materials. (15) ... the feeding and reproductive habitats of marine life are extremely vulnerable to the toxic effects...
.... Ottersen, G. 2010. A digital temperature atlas for the Norwegian Sea. ICES Journal of Marin...2011. Prototyping an online wetland ecosystem services model using open model sharing standards....Geomorphological modelling of tropical marine landscapes: Optical remote sensing, patches and sp...
...PROTECTING THE ARCTIC MARINE ENVIRONMENT A. The Need for National Jurisdiction ... of the likely effects of rising temperatures on ice conditions between Canada's northern island... surface shipping in a region where ecosystems are already under acute stress from climate change...
... plant species occur within 3 of the 7 ecosystems identified in this proposed rule, and share common... do not reach the height of the temperature inversion layer (Wagner et al. 1999, pp. 38, 40). ...Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marine. Corps Base of Hawaii, U.S. Nav...
... Powell would not have used terms like ecosystem processes or ecosystem services, his plea nonethel... Services: The Paradox of Scarcity for Marine Resources Commodities and the Potential Role of Li..., maintain groundwater levels and temperature, protect biodiversity, and regulate water quality ...
I. INTRODUCTION II. OVERVIEW A. Ecosystem Services of Migratory Species B. Negative Effects ... to their spawning grounds, the more marine nutrients are transported inland to fertilize stre... Florida that run at a constant temperature year-round. For example, more than three hundred m...
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