marine environment
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Research problems linked to this topic
- The occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment has become a matter of concern in the last decade due to potential risks posed to non-target organisms and the potential for unintended human exposure via food chain.
- Estuarine ecosystems provide many services to humans, but these ecosystems are also under pressure from human development, which has led to large investments in habitat protection and restoration.
- Coral reef degradation due to environmental change, including anthropogenic disturbances, is a major concern worldwide.
- Estimates of potential phytoplankton production in natural waters are usually based on chemical assay of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds.
- Over the past decade, the global proliferation of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) have presented a major risk to the public and wildlife, and ecosystem and economic services provided by inland water resources.
- Much of the chemical waste from human activities finds its way into the marine environment, and is particularly prevalent in estuarine and coastal situations, which are frequently the sites of land drainage and industrial activity (Guerin, 1978).
- Spilled oil is one of the most serious marine environment disasters, which damaged ecological environment seriously with long-term and large-scale impact.
- Chlorophyll fluorometers provide the largest in situ global data set for estimating phytoplankton biomass because of their ease of use, size, power consumption, and relatively low price.
- Oceanic conditions play an important role in determining the effects of climate change and these effects need to be monitored.
- Underwater noise can have major impacts on marine fauna, especially because sounds travels very efficiently underwater, creating a large spatial spread from a source.
- Cultural eutrophication is frequently invoked as one factor in the global increase in harmful algal blooms, but is difficult to definitively prove due to the myriad of factors influencing coastal phytoplankton bloom development.
- Coastal regions below the sea level, subject to reclamation, are becoming more and more exposed to flooding following increasing urbanization and hydrological changes.
- Seagrasses provide an important ecosystem service by creating a stable erosion-resistant seabed that contributes to effective coastal protection.