Global Hotspots Where Human Activities on Land Are Impacting Coastal Marine Ecosystems (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Global Hotspots Where Human Activities on Land Are Impacting Coastal Marine Ecosystems

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Global hotspots where human activities on land are impacting coastal marine ecosystems. The numbers show the rank order of the hottest hotspots (red dots). The blue and green dots are land-based activities that are having an important effect on marine systems but not as much as those areas marked by the red dots.

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B. Halpern and colleagues, NCEAS

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