| Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 17082450 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Human-dominated marine ecosystems are experiencing accelerating loss of populations and species, with largely unknown consequences. We analyzed local experiments, long-term regional time series, and global fisheries data to test how biodiversity loss affects marine ecosystem services across temporal and spatial scales. Overall, rates of resource collapse increased and recovery potential, stability, and water quality decreased exponentially with declining diversity. Restoration of biodiversity, in contrast, increased productivity fourfold and decreased variability by 21%, on average. We conclude that marine biodiversity loss is increasingly impairing the ocean's capacity to provide food, maintain water quality, and recover from perturbations. Yet available data suggest that at this point, these trends are still reversible. |
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Authors:
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Boris Worm; Edward B Barbier; Nicola Beaumont; J Emmett Duffy; Carl Folke; Benjamin S Halpern; Jeremy B C Jackson; Heike K Lotze; Fiorenza Micheli; Stephen R Palumbi; Enric Sala; Kimberley A Selkoe; John J Stachowicz; Reg Watson |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 314 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2006 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-11-03 Completed Date: 2006-11-20 Revised Date: 2007-06-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 787-90 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4J1. bworm@dal.ca |
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Algae Animals Biodiversity* Conservation of Natural Resources Databases, Factual Ecosystem* Fisheries* Fishes* Forecasting Invertebrates Oceans and Seas Plants Population Dynamics Seafood Seawater Water Pollution |
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Science. 2007 Jun 1;316(5829):1285; author reply 1285
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Science. 2007 Jun 1;316(5829):1285; author reply 1285 [PMID: 17540885 ] Science. 2007 Jun 1;316(5829):1285; author reply 1285 [PMID: 17540886 ] Science. 2006 Nov 3;314(5800):745 [PMID: 17082432 ] Science. 2007 Jun 1;316(5829):1281-4; author reply 1281-4 [PMID: 17546726 ] Science. 2007 Jun 1;316(5829):1281-4; author reply 1281-4 [PMID: 17540882 ] Science. 2007 Jun 1;316(5829):1281-4; author reply 1281-4 [PMID: 17546725 ] |
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