Overview: Unlike review volumes, each draws together a wide range of peer-reviewed primary research papers from biodiversity researchers around the world, each based around a particular theme.Provides examples .Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and a dramatic change-induced decrease in the plankton that cod larvae feed on. Meanwhile, co
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