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LSM4261 MARINE BIOLOGY

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Map shows toll on world's oceans

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Map shows toll on world's oceans
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"There is no space left on the ocean which is untouched by human activities." Listen to the podcast on The Guardian (Interview with lead author Benjamin Halpern, 15 Feb 2008).

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems -- Halpern et al. 319 (5865): 948 -- Science

Source article: Halpern, B. S., S. Walbridge, K. A. Selkoe, C. V. Kappel, F. Micheli, C. D'Agrosa, J. F. Bruno, K. S. Casey, C. Ebert, H. E. Fox, R. Fujita, D. Heinemann, H. S. Lenihan, E. M. P. Madin, M. T. Perry, E. R. Selig, M. Spalding, R. Steneck, R. Watson, 2008. A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems. Science, 319(5865): 948 - 952 (15 February 2008).

Published Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:40 AM by N. Sivasothi

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About N. Sivasothi

Sivasothi is lecturing Biodiversity, Ecology, Structure and Function, Marine Biology and Animal Behaviour with the Department of Biological Sciences. His interests include otters, mangroves, museum databases, coastal ecology, tree-climbing crabs and conservation of biodiversity. He is also the national coordinator of the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore and Toddycats! Volunteers of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, NUS.