Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Journal: Oxford University Press eBooks
Year: 2012

Marine biodiversity is an all-inclusive term to describe the total variation among living organisms in the marine environment, i.e., life in the seas and oceans.Marine systems have a series of characteristics which distinguish them from terrestrial systems, and marine organisms play a crucial role in almost all biogeochemical processes that sustain the biosphere.The organisms also provide a variety of goods and services which are essential to the well-being of mankind.One of the major consequenc