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Arctic Marine Ecosystems

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The Arctic Ocean

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In this chapter are discussed: (1) the past evolution of Arctic ecosystems; (2) the significance of that evolution for the present and the future; (3) the understanding of, and exploitation of, present ecological patterns and potentials; (4) the recognition of the marine north as an ecological unit with great influence on the rest of the world; and (5) the hazards to the system of modern industrial development.

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Dunbar, M.J. (1982). Arctic Marine Ecosystems. In: Rey, L. (eds) The Arctic Ocean. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05919-5_11

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