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… planet. Today it is thought possible that there are more species in the deep sea than in all the other environments on … may be a threat to the coral as it may be used as an indicator of underlying hydrocarbon reserves by the oil … of the adjacent slope and thus formed a group of 'canyon indicator species'(2). ‘Canyon indicators’ include the …

… of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Recommended citation: A Review of … international Conventions. CMS should examine the new CBD indicator set following the agreement of the new CBD … of migratory bird populations can act as an ecological indicator of the wider state of the environment, hence the …

… physical effects of marine vessels on benthic habitats and species … 7.1. Levels of toxicity Whereas mortality is a good indicator of the level of toxicity because it is easy to … the degree of DNA integrity has been proposed as an indicator of genotoxicity and an effective biomarker for …

… in the first published scientific description of the species (G.L. Buffon, 1761), and echoed in its Latin name … law enforcement indicates that using only seizures as an indicator of illegal trade and poaching levels will … cases (more than 3 animals per case) were in China, an indicator of organized trafficking activity, as well as …

… of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes … for example it could be argued that forest cover is a good indicator for a forest site inscribed under criteria (ix) or … biodiversity; 3. A method of verification for each indicator, for example through surveys of the values of the …

… of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes … for example it could be argued that forest cover is a good indicator for a forest site inscribed under criteria (ix) or … biodiversity; 3. A method of verification for each indicator, for example through surveys of the values of the …

… warming: setting the scene 17 2 Cascading effects - from species to ecosystems to services 47 3.  … and Gattuso, 2014; Yang et al., 2015). Another significant indicator is the development of three chapters specifically … in the North Atlantic, after such a long gap, could be an indicator of the scale and speed of changes that are taking …

… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … Ecosystem level Species level (rare and threatened, indicator species, popular species, economically or socially … assessed; and methods to be used in measuring the indicator. Some examples of attributes, indicators and …

… of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the International … indicators In law enforcement, the most frequently used indicator is perhaps the percentage of crimes solved by the … of crimes solved (by category of crimes) as a performance indicator.367 This indicator is not always based on very …

… of the major contributors to habitat loss and subsequent species losses, leading to a decline in biodiversity and … (25 year) using an inter-annual vegetation index as an indicator of biomass production decline or increase found … there is a tendency to assume that increasing NPP is an indicator of land improvement. In practice this is not always …