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Biodiversity loss has become one of the greatest environmental concerns of the last century, owing to increasing pressure on the environment by humans combined with the realisation that our activities can seriously threaten the future sustainability of marine species and ecosystems. Marine biodiversity in Europe is threatened by the fact that many of the goods and services provided by marine ecosystems are exploited in a non-sustainable way. In some cases, marine ecosystems are threatened to the extent that their structure and function is being jeopardised.
 
Biodiversity loss has become one of the greatest environmental concerns of the last century, owing to increasing pressure on the environment by humans combined with the realisation that our activities can seriously threaten the future sustainability of marine species and ecosystems. Marine biodiversity in Europe is threatened by the fact that many of the goods and services provided by marine ecosystems are exploited in a non-sustainable way. In some cases, marine ecosystems are threatened to the extent that their structure and function is being jeopardised.
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The most serious threats to marine biodiversity are:
 
The most serious threats to marine biodiversity are:
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[[image:Grebe-with-oil.jpg|thumb|right|Fig. 1. Human activities seriously threaten the future sustainability of marine species and ecosystems. Photo © Hyeonbyeong Chae ]]
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*[[Overexploitation]] - recreational and commercial
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*[[Pollution]]
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*[[Habitat destruction and fragmentation]]
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*[[Non-native species invasions]]
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*[[Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity |Global climate change ]]
  
*Over exploitation - recreational and commercial
 
*Pollution
 
*Habitat destruction and fragmentation
 
*Non-native species invasions
 
*Effects of global climate change
 
  
 
Threats to marine biodiversity have widespread social, economic, and biological consequences, the combination of which could threaten our own existence, including:
 
Threats to marine biodiversity have widespread social, economic, and biological consequences, the combination of which could threaten our own existence, including:
  
*Economic losses through unemployment and reduced productivity  
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*Economic losses through reduced productivity  
 
*Dramatic reductions in the numbers of many popular edible fish and shellfish  
 
*Dramatic reductions in the numbers of many popular edible fish and shellfish  
 
*Extinction of species that might be useful in developing new medicines  
 
*Extinction of species that might be useful in developing new medicines  
 
*Reduced ability of ecosystems to respond to disaster, both natural (floods) and man-made (pollution)  
 
*Reduced ability of ecosystems to respond to disaster, both natural (floods) and man-made (pollution)  
*Accelerated global climate change
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*Social and political instability
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==Related articles==
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:[[Effects of fisheries on marine biodiversity]]
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:[[MarBEF examples of fishery effects]]
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:[[Threats to the coastal zone#Threats to Biodiversity]]
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:[[Species extinction]]
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:[[Mariculture]]
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:Other articles in the [[:Category:Marine Biodiversity]]
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==Further reading==
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[https://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.html Millennium ecosystem assessment (2005)]
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[[Category:Coastal and marine ecosystems]] 
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[[Category:Marine Biodiversity‏‎]]
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[[Category:Coastal and marine human activities and uses‏‎]]

Latest revision as of 22:14, 27 December 2020

Biodiversity loss has become one of the greatest environmental concerns of the last century, owing to increasing pressure on the environment by humans combined with the realisation that our activities can seriously threaten the future sustainability of marine species and ecosystems. Marine biodiversity in Europe is threatened by the fact that many of the goods and services provided by marine ecosystems are exploited in a non-sustainable way. In some cases, marine ecosystems are threatened to the extent that their structure and function is being jeopardised.


The most serious threats to marine biodiversity are:

Fig. 1. Human activities seriously threaten the future sustainability of marine species and ecosystems. Photo © Hyeonbyeong Chae


Threats to marine biodiversity have widespread social, economic, and biological consequences, the combination of which could threaten our own existence, including:

  • Economic losses through reduced productivity
  • Dramatic reductions in the numbers of many popular edible fish and shellfish
  • Extinction of species that might be useful in developing new medicines
  • Reduced ability of ecosystems to respond to disaster, both natural (floods) and man-made (pollution)


Related articles

Effects of fisheries on marine biodiversity
MarBEF examples of fishery effects
Threats to the coastal zone#Threats to Biodiversity
Species extinction
Mariculture
Other articles in the Category:Marine Biodiversity


Further reading

Millennium ecosystem assessment (2005)


The main author of this article is Atalah, Javier
Please note that others may also have edited the contents of this article.

Citation: Atalah, Javier (2020): Threats to Marine Biodiversity. Available from http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Threats_to_Marine_Biodiversity [accessed on 29-03-2024]