According to the Working Group, improved management
of coastal marine ecosystems will mean a targeted strategy that prioritises conservation of specific, unique, high - carbon coastal zones, which act like global sponges for global CO2.
Oxygen - deprived areas in the world's oceans usually found in deeper water are moving up to offshore areas and
threatening coastal marine ecosystems by spurring the die - off of some species and overpopulation of others
Such light pollution could change the face of already
stressed coastal marine ecosystems like coral reefs, which humans have come to rely on as sources of food, income, and even protection from incoming storms.
«Reducing or removing additional causes of stress whenever possible, such as pollution and sediment transport, is also a key factor to promote resilience in the majority
of coastal marine ecosystems.»
Turneffe Flats owner, Craig Hayes, has lectured at eco-tourism gatherings on the Symbiosis Between Eco-tourism and Commercial Fishing and we will continue to promote this as a major way forward for sustainable management of
the coastal marine ecosystem.
Adding to this in the 1970s, overfishing threatened the balance of
our coastal marine ecosystems and threatened marine mammal populations causing starvation and disease.
At that rate, scientists say Maine's
coastal marine ecosystem may not be able to adapt to the changes fast enough.
Where river discharges decrease seasonally, negative impacts on both freshwater ecosystems and
coastal marine ecosystems can be expected.