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In contrast to land and fresh waters the sea seems still almost inviolate. Yet big changes in the distribution of species have already begun as a result of human actions during the last hundred years. These actions are of three kinds.
For though I scorn Oceanus’s lore,
Much pain have I for more than loss of realms:
The days of peace and slumberous calm are fled;
That was before we knew the winged thing, Victory, might be lost, or might be won.
Keats, Hyperion
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Elton, C.S. (2020). Chapter Five Changes in the Sea. In: The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34721-5_10
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