Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

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  • Douglas J. McCauley
    Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
  • Malin L. Pinsky
    Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
  • Stephen R. Palumbi
    Department of Biology, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
  • James A. Estes
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
  • Francis H. Joyce
    Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
  • Robert R. Warner
    Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.

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<jats:title>Marine animals are disappearing, too</jats:title> <jats:p> The loss of animal species in terrestrial environments has been well documented and is continuing. Loss of species in marine environments has been slower than in terrestrial systems, but appears to be increasing rapidly. McCauley <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> review the recent patterns of species decline and loss in marine environments. Though they note many worrying declines, they also highlight approaches that might allow us to prevent the type of massive defaunation that has occurred on land. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" related-article-type="in-this-issue" xlink:href="10.1126/science.1255641">10.1126/science.1255641</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 347 (6219), 1255641-, 2015-01-16

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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