Steve Oberle Created a Post in Plastics - ISLANDS Marine Ecosystems Theory, Research, and Application(s) – A Triple Threat... The ocean covers about 71% of Earth’s surface. An estimated 97% of the world’s water is found in the ocean resultin 3 years ago Marine Ecosystems Theory, Research, and Application(s) – A Triple Threat... The ocean covers about 71% of Earth’s surface. An estimated 97% of the world’s water is found in the ocean resulting in considerable impacts on weather, temperature, and our food supply. Despite its size and the huge impact on our lives and the lives of all organisms on Earth, the ocean remains a mystery to many of us. More than 80 percent of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans (National Geographic, 2021). Marine ecosystems contain a diverse array of living organisms and abiotic constituents, reactions, and processes. From massive marine mammals like whales to the tiny krill that form the bottom of the food chain, all life in the ocean is interconnected, as well as directly connected to our lives on the land. Coral reefs occur in more than 100 countries and territories and are among the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet due to anthropogenic pressures including global threats from climate change and ocean acidification, and local impacts from land-based pollution such as input of nutrients and sediments from agriculture, marine pollution, and over-fishing and destructive fishing practices (GCRMN, 2020). An indicator is a measurable quantity that helps us understand the health status of an ecosystem, much as human health is gauged by indicators such as blood pressure, temperature, or pulse rate that are routinely measured over time. NOAA monitors and provides extensive data, information, and decision-support products related to the state of marine, coastal, and aquatic ecosystems, their biota, and the human communities that depend upon them (NOAA, 2022). "An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean." Mehmet Murat ildan ___ https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/346832 https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/404496/SDG-14-poli… https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/5-reasons-why-healthy-ocean… https://www.conservation.org/projects/ocean-health-index https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/chapter-5/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/extreme-marine-ecosystems/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-marine-ecosy… https://www.thegef.org/what-we-do/topics/international-waters/marine/la… http://geftwap.org/water-systems/large-marine-ecosystems https://www.annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/10.5334/aogh.2831/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/teaching-idea-marine-ecosystem… https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/marine-ecosystems/ http://www3.aag.org/cs/global_marine_ecosystems file:///C:/Users/17155/Downloads/AAG_Marine_Ecosyst_bklt72.pdf https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/science/initiatives/ocean-science#emu https://oceans-esrioceans.hub.arcgis.com/ https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/science/maps-apps https://gcrmn.net/2020-report/ https://gcrmn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chapter-2.-Status-of-Coral… https://unep-corals.vercel.app/?lang=EN https://www.unep.org/resources/pollution-solution-global-assessment-mar… file:///C:/Users/17155/Downloads/POLSOL.pdf www.unep.org https://ecowatch.noaa.gov/ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ecosystems/ https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/ecosystems https://ccme.famu.edu/ https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2801/NOAAs-Natio… https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pmel-theme/marine-ecosystem-research https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coastalecosci/ https://www.cleanseas.org/about Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Add this Repost 0 likes 0 comments