Biodiversity threats are one of the major concerns of today's intellectuals. These threats arise
due to environmental problems that appear both due to natural processes as well as …

Deep-sea fisheries operate globally throughout the world's oceans, chiefly targeting stocks
on the upper and mid-continental slope and offshore seamounts. Major commercial fisheries …

Food choices are shifting globally in ways that are negatively affecting both human health
and the environment. Here we consider how consuming an additional serving per day of …

Southern Ocean ecosystems are under pressure from resource exploitation and climate
change,. Mitigation requires the identification and protection of Areas of Ecological …

Global agricultural feeds over 7 billion people, but is also a leading cause of environmental
degradation. Understanding how alternative agricultural production systems, agricultural …

Plastics are the most abundant form of marine debris, with global production rising and
documented impacts in some marine environments, but the influence of plastic on open …

Mapping trawling pressure on the benthic habitats is needed as background to support an
ecosystem approach to fisheries management. The extent and intensity of bottom trawling …

We review the effects of fishing on benthic fauna, habitat, diversity, community structure and
trophic interactions in tropical, temperate and polar marine environments and consider …

Summary 1 Top‐down control can be an important determinant of ecosystem structure and
function, but in oceanic ecosystems, where cascading effects of predator depletions …

This study assesses the seabed pressure of towed fishing gears and models the physical
impact (area and depth of seabed penetration) from trip-based information of vessel size …