(par 4.2.5) Dolphin’s extinction could cause ripple effect
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/dolphin-s-extinction-could-cause-ripple-effect-1.1256412March 14 2012 at 04:00pm By David Barber REUTERS The government says the main areas where the Maui dolphins are found are protected by marine mammal sanctuaries and restrictions on fishing. Wellington – The world’s smallest and rarest dolphin has seen its population fall by half to about 55 in the last seven years and […]
(par 4.2.5) The ecosystem engineers of the deep
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/the-ecosystem-engineers-of-the-deep-1.1716323 July 8 2014 at 06:00pm By John Yeld A blue whale surfaces in the Bass Strait waters off Australia. Cape Town – It’s well established that large terrestrial animals like elephants are “ecosystem engineers”, influencing and altering their habitats both to the benefit and sometimes the cost of fellow creatures sharing these spaces with […]
(par 4.2.5) Overfishing & Antarctic ecosystem
http://en.mercopress.com/2006/11/24/new-technology-threatens-building-blocks-of-antarctic-ecosystem by John Fowler (Mercopress) Stanley Deputy Governor of the Falkland Islands, Miss Harriet Hall, returned to Stanley last week after attending the annual conference of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart, Tasmania. CCAMLR has twenty-four member states and its activities, which include setting scientifically arrived at quotas […]