Human impacts on oligotrophic marine ecosystems: case studies from Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea

• Main Author: Kletou, Demetris
• Other Authors: Hall-Spencer, Jason, Faculty of Science and Engineering
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Plymouth 2019
• Subjects: oligotrophic marine ecosystems; subtropical gyres; eastern Mediterranean; northern Red Sea; impacts covered include invasive alien species; industrialisation; ocean sprawl; fish farming; habitat modification; early detection and monitoring of non-indigenous species; assessment of ecological quality using macroalgae at shallow rocky reefs and seagrass meadows; monitoring of priority habitat Posidonia oceanica near fish farms; mitigating fish farming impacts and challenges of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture in exposed; warm and oligotrophic conditions; PhD; Pacific; Imta; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13586

Highly oligotrophic marine waters cover about a third of the Earth’s surface and have diverse communities that are affected by multiple stressors, such as ocean acidification, warming, marine litter, pollution, overfishing. The low nutrient Mediterranean Sea has high biodiversity and endemism but is...