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10 lut 2021 · We develop a space-for-time approach to track the spatial contraction and drivers of decline of sawfishes. These iconic and endangered shark-like rays were once found in warm, coastal waters of 90 nations and are now presumed extinct in more than half (n = 46).
9 sie 2023 · INTRODUCTION. Climate-driven changes in the oceans are projected to yield an average increase of 1° to 6°C in sea surface temperatures by 2100, which is likely to have profound effects on marine ecosystems and the communities, businesses, and fisheries that rely on them (1 – 3).
16 sty 2015 · Marine defaunation, or human-caused animal loss in the oceans, emerged forcefully only hundreds of years ago, whereas terrestrial defaunation has been occurring far longer. Though humans have cause...
25 lis 2016 · Recognition of the threats to biodiversity and its importance to society has led to calls for globally coordinated sampling of trends in marine ecosystems. As a step to defining such efforts, we review current methods of collecting and managing marine biodiversity...
8 gru 2023 · Schematic workflow by which to assess the diversity and history of marine bioinvasions and cryptogens. The first step is to consider candidate species across the fullest possible taxonomic and habitat breadth to search for species from four different literature and field sources.
4 maj 2020 · We define the ‘ocean genome’ as the ensemble of genetic material present in all marine biodiversity, including both the genes and the information they encode 9. The explicit reference to the ...
11 paź 2021 · Summary. Animals originated in the oceans and evolved there for hundreds of millions of years before adapting to terrestrial environments. Today, oceans cover more than two-thirds of Earth and generate as much primary production as land.