• salmon for forest health..(Tom Reimken's work on distribution of nutrients to the forest by birds and mammals.)
• eel grass..replanting in log boom areas to mitigate habitat loss.
• kelp beds as nurseries
• The role the above play as part of ecosystem services:
• The role of the members of a food web.. energy flow.

Ways these can be impacted:

• overharvesting,
• competition from introduced species
• habitat loss.
• toxic materials

How to mitigate this..

• increase in research, baseline standards
• moratorium on marine system development,
• need to restore lost habitat
• need for large areas to be set aside as parks or reserves for habitat now while it is available, later it may diminish.
  
• complete detoxification of all run-off waters.
• "a no negative impact" is the only option for marine developments.
• recognition of interconnectivity in management of resources.

3.1.2 Biodiversity and the Need to Conserve.

Index

This file was created in 2008 as a marine education resource supported by the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney

Website courtesy of racerocks.com & Lester B. Pearson College. Copyright: 2008 Garry Fletcher Marine Education Consulting,