The greatest marine biodiversity occurs in _____ ____, _________, and on the ____ ____ floor.
coral reefs estuaries deep ocean
Biodiversity is ________ near the coasts than the open ocean
higher
Biodiversity is higher in the _____ region of the ocean.
bottom
boats drag huge nets weighted down over ocean bottoms to harvest a few species of bottom fish and shellfish
trawler fishing
Know that coastal sea grass beds and sea bottom habitats are biologically diverse
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____ ____ are threatened by shore development, pollution, and ocean acidification.
coral reefs
The building of ___ disrupts freshwater aquatic zones
dams
a concentration of a particular wild aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in a given ocean area or inland body of water
fishery
the area of ocean needed to sustain the fish consumption of an average person, nation, or the world
fishprint
when its no longer profitable to continue harvesting the affected species
commercial extinction
Overfishing usually results in only a _________ depletion of fish stocks as long as the depleted areas are allowed to recover
temporary
This method is used to catch surface dwelling species such as tuna which tend to feed in schools near the surface or in shallow areas- a spotter plane finds the school and a huge net encloses it
purse seine fishing
putting out lines up to 60 miles long with thousands of baited hooked
long lining
huge drifting nets trap bycatch by the gills
drift net fishing
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