Comment on "Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services"

Worm et al. (Research Articles, 3 November 2006, p. 787) investigated the importance of biodiversity to marine ecosystem services across temporal and spatial scales. In projecting the extent of future fisheries collapse, we argue that the authors inappropriately extrapolated beyond their available o...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2007-06, Vol.316 (5829), p.1285; author reply 1285-1285
Main Authors: Hölker, Franz, Beare, Doug, Dörner, Hendrik, di Natale, Antonio, Rätz, Hans-Joachim, Temming, Axel, Casey, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecosystem
Fisheries
Fishes
Forecasting
Oceans and Seas
Population Dynamics
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Summary:Worm et al. (Research Articles, 3 November 2006, p. 787) investigated the importance of biodiversity to marine ecosystem services across temporal and spatial scales. In projecting the extent of future fisheries collapse, we argue that the authors inappropriately extrapolated beyond their available observations and used data on marine reserves and fishery closures that are not representative of global fisheries.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1139114