Turning Up the Heat: How Global Warming Threatens Life in the SeaDIANE Publishing, 1999 - 47 pages Discusses current predictions of global climate change & synthesizes scientific evidence of the likely impacts of global climate change on some species & ecosystems. Chapters: global climate change & the oceans: sea level rise, wind patterns, deep-ocean circulation patterns, ocean stratification & primary productivity, & natural climate variability; lessons from El Nino & decadal variation; evidence of impacts on marine life: impacts in polar regions, coral reefs, shifts in species' distribution & the fate of Pacific Salmon, seabirds & marine mammals, & disease & harmful algal blooms; conclusion; & literature cited. |
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... declines in their productivity suggest that many other species are likely to be hurt as well . Warm- ing sea surface temperatures can interfere with phytoplankton production by increasing stratifica- tion within the water column and ...
... declines in their productivity suggest that many other species are likely to be hurt as well . Warm- ing sea surface temperatures can interfere with phytoplankton production by increasing stratifica- tion within the water column and ...
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... declined 90 % in the late 1980s and early 1990s and Cassin's auklets have declined 50 % as zooplankton have plummeted there . In Alaska , the severe decline in shearwaters from 1997 to 1998 was clearly due to starvation , as the ...
... declined 90 % in the late 1980s and early 1990s and Cassin's auklets have declined 50 % as zooplankton have plummeted there . In Alaska , the severe decline in shearwaters from 1997 to 1998 was clearly due to starvation , as the ...
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... decline . Regardless , such changes indicate significant disruptions of marine ecosystems as we know them , with often unpre- dictable ripple effects on other forms of marine life and human activities that depend upon them . Small ...
... decline . Regardless , such changes indicate significant disruptions of marine ecosystems as we know them , with often unpre- dictable ripple effects on other forms of marine life and human activities that depend upon them . Small ...
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... declining . Three ice shelves have collapsed since 1995 ( e.g. Doake 1998 ; T. Scambos personal communication ) , and if this continues there could be substantial inputs from Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise . Runoff from ...
... declining . Three ice shelves have collapsed since 1995 ( e.g. Doake 1998 ; T. Scambos personal communication ) , and if this continues there could be substantial inputs from Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise . Runoff from ...
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... decline in the num- bers of zooplankton and larval invertebrates in the California current ever since the 1950s ( Roemmich & McGowan 1995 ) . Currently the abundance of zooplankton is 70 % lower than it was then . The reason for this ...
... decline in the num- bers of zooplankton and larval invertebrates in the California current ever since the 1950s ( Roemmich & McGowan 1995 ) . Currently the abundance of zooplankton is 70 % lower than it was then . The reason for this ...
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Page 11 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
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Page 36 - STEVF.NINCK. 1984. Densities of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum before and after mass mortalities on the coral reefs of Curacao. Mar.
Page 38 - J. (1998). The relationship between increasing sea-surface temperature and the northward spread of Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) disease epizootics in oysters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 46, 587-97.
Page 22 - Satellite, operated and controlled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US Department of Commerce, a satellite environmental data collection capability will become available to meet national requirements.
Page 38 - Simulated sea level change alters anatomy, physiology, growth, and reproduction of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.). Oecologia...
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Page 45 - Released by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, US Department of State, March 5, 1999.
Page 35 - ... [t]here is no known geologic precedent for the transfer of carbon from the Earth's crust to atmospheric carbon dioxide, in quantities comparable to the burning of fossil fuels, without simultaneous changes in other parts of the carbon cycle and climate system. This close coupling between atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate suggests that a change in one would in all likelihood be accompanied by a change in the other.