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Marine Biodiversity and Pollution in the Context of Climate Change

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Generally, the concept of biodiversity refers to the number of species types in a particular ecosystem. Biodiversity includes four main components: (1) genetic diversity, (2) species diversity (taxonomic diversity), (3) ecosystem diversity, and (4) functional diversity (Gaston 1996; Henderson et al. 1993). The marine biodiversity refers to the species richness and abundance in the world’s oceans and seas (Tittensor et al. 2010), contributing effectively to many crucial processes that have direct and indirect effects on the health of the oceans and humans, including the ecosystem services (Borja et al. 2010).

Introduction

In general, definitions of biodiversity include the specific composition, structure and function of ecosystems, and the ecological relationships that sustain them. According to the Convention on Biological Diversity, biodiversity also includes diversity within species and between species and ecosystems (CBD 1992). Biodiversity manifests itself at all...

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  1. Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Fernando Morgado

  2. Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar (ICBAS) and Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luis R. Vieira

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Morgado, F., Vieira, L.R. (2019). Marine Biodiversity and Pollution in the Context of Climate Change. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Climate Action. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71063-1_123-1

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