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PMID: 10354629 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Jean Baptiste de Lamarck and Thomas Huxley, two of the foremost thinkers of the 18th and 19th centuries, believed that humanity could not cause the extinction of marine species. Their opinions reflected a widespread belief that the seas were an inexhaustible source of food and wealth of which people could barely use a fraction. Such views were given weight by the abundant fisheries of the time. Additionally, the incredible fecundity and wide distributions of marine fishes, combined with limited exploitation, provided ample justification for optimism. The ideas of Huxley and Lamarck persist to this day, despite a sea change in the scale and depth of our influence on the oceans. Marine species could be at a far greater risk of extinction than we have assumed. |
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Roberts; Hawkins |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Trends in ecology & evolution (Personal edition) Volume: 14 ISSN: 0169-5347 ISO Abbreviation: Trends Ecol. Evol. (Amst.) Publication Date: 1999 Jun |
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Created Date: 1999-06-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8805125 Medline TA: Trends Ecol Evol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 241-246 Citation Subset: - |
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Environment Dept, University of York, York, UK YO10 5DD. |
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