Marine cyanobacteria and microalgae metabolites—A rich source of potential anticancer drugs

A Mondal, S Bose, S Banerjee, JK Patra, J Malik… - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is at present one of the utmost deadly diseases worldwide. Past efforts in cancer
research have focused on natural medicinal products. Over the past decades, a great deal of …

The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services

JA Hope, DM Paterson, SF Thrush - Journal of Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment dwelling, microscopic primary producers, that occupy sediments in the photic
zone, are commonly referred to as microphytobenthos (MPB). The MPB are essential …

Future risk for Southern Ocean ecosystem services under climate change

RD Cavanagh, J Melbourne-Thomas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Southern Ocean supports ecosystem services that are important on a global scale.
Climate change and human activities (tourism, fishing, and research) will affect both the …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of the value of regional ecosystem services of an archipelago using satellite remote sensing technology: A case study of Zhoushan Archipelago …

L Wang, C Chen, F Xie, Z Hu, Z Zhang, H Chen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecosystem functions and services support all life on earth and are directly or indirectly
related to human well-being. Meanwhile, island cities have concentrated populations …

Scientists' warning of an imperiled ocean

S Georgian, S Hameed, L Morgan, DJ Amon… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2017, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries signed a second warning
letter to humanity to caution against our continued wholesale destruction of global …

The essentials of marine biotechnology

A Rotter, M Barbier, F Bertoni, AM Bones… - Frontiers In marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

Trends and evolution in the concept of marine ecosystem services: an overview

E Buonocore, U Grande, PP Franzese, GF Russo - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The biotic and abiotic assets of the marine environment form the “marine natural capital”
embedded in the global ocean. Marine natural capital provides the flow of “marine …

Future losses of ecosystem services due to coastal erosion in Europe

D Paprotny, P Terefenko, A Giza, P Czapliński… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal erosion is a major issue facing Europe that will only worsen under future climate
change and the resulting sea level rise. One effect of erosion is the loss of ecosystem …

Projections of future marine heatwaves for the oceans around New Zealand using New Zealand's earth system model

E Behrens, G Rickard, S Rosier, J Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This paper investigates marine heatwave (MHW) characteristics in New Zealand's Earth
System Model (NZESM) simulations for present-day conditions and how they are projected …

Emergy-based evaluation of world coastal ecosystem services

C Liu, G Liu, Q Yang, T Luo, P He, PP Franzese… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The current lack of research on the evaluation of marine ecosystem services makes the
value of marine protection, development and restoration underestimated during the decision …