Resource Number: 14636
Title: Marine Bioinvasions and Climate Change
Publisher: US Department of the Interior
Description: No ocean area is unaffected by human impact (Halpern et al. 2008). Marine bioinvasions are one of the greatest threats from human activity on this environment (Carlton 1996).
However, our knowledge of the impacts of invasions is severely lacking for many key regions of the country and the world, and very little is known of the impacts from invasive
species in relation to climate change (Sorte et al. 2010). Environmental consequences may include loss of marine biodiversity as oceans freshen, warm, and sea level rises. Additional
impacts to native communities may occur as a result of ocean acidification and/or changing current and wind patterns.
Last Updated: June 24, 2019
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