Marine ecologists study the effects of giant kelp on groups of organisms in the underwater forest ecosystem

Date:

March 14, 2018

Source:

University of California - Santa Barbara

Summary:

When British naturalist Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he took notice of the giant kelp forests ringing the islands. He believed that if those forests were destroyed, a significant number of species would be lost. These underwater ecosystems, Darwin believed, could be even more important than forests on land.

Impact of fishing fleets on the most threatened marine birds

Date:

March 5, 2018

Source:

Universidad de Barcelona

Summary:

Accidental by-catch –- which affects around 5,000 birds stuck in longlines every year -- is the most severe effect on marine birds by the fishing activity in the Mediterranean. The exploitation of fishing resources is threatening more and more the future of many marine birds with regression populations, such as Cory’s shearwater or the Balearic shearwater.