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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"marine community"”.
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Exploring the morphospace of cidaroid echinoid spines.
… with major geologic events, such as the Marine Mesozoic Revolution and Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction. Contractions and shifts in morphospace could then be related to predation and changes in marine community structure. Additionally, modern cidaroids display an expansive morphological …
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Wildlife-human relations and education in community-based marine tourism: a case study of coastal Oregon, U.S.A.
… animals and require ongoing study. Animals in marine and community-based tourism destinations, in particular (e.g., coastal Oregon), are facing considerable pressures from tourism and climate change. In view of these concerns, this thesis represents a multi-species and multi-sited ethnography …
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e(lasmo)DNA : the role of environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis in marine fish biodiversity assessment, with special focus on elasmobranchs
… DNA (eDNA) approach for the assessment of marine communities, and particularly of elasmobranch species. This novel eDNA approach was developed to investigate elasmobranch diversity in order to assess species richness in areas of special conservation concern. While simultaneously examining …
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Effects of protection and environmental factors on rock lobster, abalone, and giant periwinkle abundances in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
The Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area (TMNP-MPA) was established in 2004 to restore and protect the Cape Peninsula's biodiversity, including the populations of exploited macro-invertebrate species. Scientific publications on MPAs support the idea that biodiversity protection is …
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The responses of subtropical nearshore fishes to climate change
… is expected to alter seawater conditions and marine ecosystems. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that sea surface pH will decrease by 0.06 - 0.32 pH units and temperature will increase by 0.6-2.0°C over the next 100 years, and extreme weather events, such as major …