Sentences with phrase «temperate reef ecosystems»
The temperate reef ecosystems with scattered corals are being displaced by a tropical coral - dominated ecosystem.
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Severe droughts are on the rise in many regions worldwide and are increasingly affecting a wide range of ecosystems — including marshes, mangroves, temperate and tropical forests, grasslands and coral reefs — that provide essential services to humans and the environment alike, Silliman said.
Reef Check focuses on two ecosystems: temperate rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs anywhere in the world.
The Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 (CBD 2014), while finding some improvements in temperate and developed parts of the world and the ongoing enlargement of the protected - area estate, also presented evidence of climate - induced effects on biodiversity; the increased spread of diseases and invasive biota; declines in species living in forests, reefs, and many other habitats; and the conversion of ecosystems supporting many kinds of life to ones with singular human uses.