Fishing-related Species Declines Impact Provisioning Of Ecosystem Services

Friday, November 25, 2011 - 11:10 in Biology & Nature

As more and more studies find that human disturbance impacts some species more than others, ecologists are shifting their focus to the next logical research question: What is the consequence of this selective disruption of wildlife communities? By interacting with other species and with the habitat in general, many species have significant impacts on their environments; if their numbers are reduced, or if they are eradicated altogether, there could be widespread and/or long-term effects on the ecosystem. read more

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