Environmental Change in Marine Systems
In this module, we will examine aspects of environmental change in marine systems.
The material in this module is organised around four topics:
- Introduction
- Key features of the marine environment
- Differences between marine and terrestrial/aquatic systems
- Stress
- Stresses in marine environments
- Organism responses to stress
- Disturbance
- Disturbance in marine environments
- Community responses to disturbance
- Climate change
- Change in frequency and intensity of disturbance
- Sea level rise
This first topic in the module examines key features of the marine environment and then looks at differences between marine and terrestrial/aquatic systems.