Document of bibliographic reference 21156

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

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AS

Title

Unnatural oceans

Abstract

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.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000171462600021

Bibliographic citation

Jackson, J.B.C.; Sala, E. (2001). Unnatural oceans. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 65(S2): 273-281. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2001.65s2273

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true

Access rights

open access

Is accessible for free

true