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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… change, pollution, overfishing, introduced species and habitat degradation have been identified as the principal causes of marine biodiversity loss and thus priorities for conservation intervention. The … Noise pollution can cause marine mammals to abandon their habitat (Borsani et al., 2007) and/or alter their behaviour …
Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas
… overexploitation of living marine resources, and habitat degradation. Management action against invasive … indigenous species through predation, competition, habitat modification and food-web disturbance. They also … may outcompete commercially important crabs for food and habitat. The cordgrass Spartina alterniflora, which is …
Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues
… impli- cations including crop failure, thirst, power cuts, loss of transport links, and degradation of ecosystem … in rural areas and rural people have suffered loss of other important ecosystem services such as fisheries … to the Ramsar Convention) covers a wide range of habitat types from coral reefs to under- ground lakes and it …