Questions 31 – 40
Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD ONLY in each gap.
Ocean Biodiversity
- Biodiversity hotspots
- areas containing many different species
- important for locating targets for
- at first only identified on land
- Boris Worm, 2005
- identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks
- found that ocean hotspots:
- – were not always rich in
- – had higher temperatures at the
- – had sufficient in the water
- Lisa Ballance, 2007
- looked for hotspots for marine
- found these were all located where ocean currents meet
- Census of Marine Life
- found new ocean species living:
- – under the
- – near volcanoes on the ocean floor
- Global Marine Species Assessment
- want to list endangered ocean species, considering:
- – population size
- – geographical distribution
- – rate of
- Aim: to assess 20,000 species and make a distribution for each one
- Recommendations to retain ocean biodiversity
- increase the number of ocean reserves
- establish corridors (e.g. for turtles)
- reduce fishing quotas
- catch fish only for the purpose of
