Marine Conservation Biology – Sassari

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Argomenti del programma: GLOBAL CHANGE MARINE ECOLOGY Introduction to Marine biology and ecology - The physical context of Marine Communities: physical factors (light, temperature, viscosity and density, water movements, pressure) and chemical factors (salinity, nutrients, and organic matter, water gases and pH) - Climate change – Effects of Climate change: warming, marine heat waves, ocean acidification, storms, sea level rise, thermocline…