A Global Map Of Human Impact On Marine Ecosystems
A global map of human impact on marine ecosystems benjamin s.
A global map of human impact on marine ecosystems. Global map a of cumulative human impact across 20 ocean ecosystem types. A global map of human impact on marine ecosystems. Insets highly impacted regions intheeasterncaribbean b the north sea c and the japanese waters. We developed an ecosystem specific multiscale spatial model to synthesize 17 global data sets of anthropogenic drivers of ecological change for 20 marine ecosystems.
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