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  • ...O. and Vogt, D. 1996. Biodiversity and the productivity and stability of ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 11: 372-377</ref>). ...ystem function? Some problems in studies of relations between biodiversity and ecosystem function. Applied Soil Ecology 10: 191-199</ref>).
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  • ...arzycki, T. (2007). Identification, definition and quantification of goods and services provided by marine biodiversity: implications for the ecosystem ap ...an, which has been termed the 'Biological Pump.' See [[Ocean carbon sink]] and [[Ocean acidification]] for further details.
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  • ...d parameter. Sampling methods and procedures need to be carefully analysed and selected so as to take into account this high variability of most marine sy * Developing and effective and statistically powerful study design.
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  • ...descendants of terrestrial plants that re-colonised the ocean between 100 and 65 million years ago. Seagrasses are monocotyledons that are not true grass ...Mediterranean, corresponding to 25% of the sea bottom at depths between 0 and 40 m.
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  • ...y makers are not aware of its importance. Consequently, these environments and their resources are not protected sufficiently relative to their socio-econ ...sand grains (Figure 2). The interstitial system is also habitat for larvae and juveniles of certain macrofaunal species.
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  • ...energy or materials in an ecosystem<ref>Naeem, S. 1998. Species redundancy and ecosystem reliability. Conserv. Biol., 12: 39-45</ref>; ...ion, description and valuation of ecosystem functions, goods and services. Ecological Economics 41: 393–408</ref>.
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  • ...an well-being <ref name = "Diaz"> Diaz, D., Fargione, J., Chapin, F.S. III and Tilman, D. (2006). Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being. ''PLOS Bio ..., although the pattern of response may vary depending on the [[ecosystem]] and species investigated.
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  • ...marine conservation and management. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 366: 37-47</ref>). ...ecological theory: design of a research strategy for the Upper Rhone River and it's floodplain. Freshwater Biology 31: 253-263</ref>).
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  • ...n et al., 1997; Hooper, 1998), the variety of interactions with ecological processes (Martinez, 1996), or the average difference among species in functionally r ...feedbacks on ecosystem structure and function (Steffen et al., 1996; Diaz and Cabido, 1997; Woodward et al., 1997; Grime et al., 2000).
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  • ...R., Montoya, J.M. and Woodward, G. 2009. Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research. Trends Ecol. Evol., 24: 505-514</ref>. }} ...e, or fuzzy coding) property of organisms, usually at the individual level and used comparatively across species<ref name=R/>.}}
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  • ...urthermore, the automatic systems on buoys etc. are affected by biofouling and the operational costs are high due to ship costs for servicing. ...antages: (1) the system is protected against harsh environment, e.g. waves and currents, (2) bio-fouling can be more easily prevented (inline sensors), (3
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  • ==Allelopathy and functional [[Marine Functional Metabolites|metabolites]] in phytoplankton== ...have been shown to affect growth and physiological performance of diatoms and other phytoplankton species.
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  • ...ation]] issues throughout Europe including Scandinavia, the Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean. ...Sand Dune Inventory of Europe, 2nd Edition''. National Coastal Consultants and EUCC - The Coastal Union, in association with the IGU Coastal Commission.</
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  • ...nto, I., Vincx, M., Węsławski, JM., Nash, R. (2009). Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. Printbase, Dublin, Ireland ISSN 2009-2539]</ref>. Many species of coastal plankton are active for a short time and remain in the sediments as resting stages, sometimes for very long periods.
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  • [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=6 Bacteria] and Archaea account for billions of tonnes of carbon (estimates range from 3 to viruses, one million bacteria and about 1,000 small protozoans and algae (called “protists”).
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  • ...estrial ecosystems. How bees pollinate flowers, how birds find their nests and human attractiveness to a partner are some of the many examples of interact ...cesses such as seasonal succession, [[niche]] structure, selective feeding and [[population]] dynamics.
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  • ==Species abundance and ecosystem functioning== ...changing [[biodiversity]] clearly has consequences for the functioning of ecosystems, better understanding is needed of the relative importance of different kin
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  • ...nto, I., Vincx, M., Węsławski, JM., Nash, R. (2009). Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. Printbase, Dublin, Ireland ISSN 2009-2539]</ref> ...ressure from human activities, mainly [[estuaries]], [[intertidal]] shores and [[coastal area|coastal waters]].
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  • ...nto, I., Vincx, M., Węsławski, JM., Nash, R. (2009). Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. Printbase, Dublin, Ireland ISSN 2009-2539]</ref> ...ablishing a [http://www.marbef.org European network on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning] (MarBEF) was to increase our understanding of large-
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  • ...coastal lagoons is their high biodiversity with an important role of fish and invertebrate populations. Those last ones are an important economical suppo ...1998). These have been also places which have been transformed physically and nowadays thus represent enormous costs for the population in terms of the n
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