The excessive turbidity, or cloudiness, of Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin, was caused by the introduction of which of the following?

Projected climate change threatens aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem services, partly by contributing to ____.

Warmer and more acidic ocean water is stressing ____, the foundation of the marine food web.

A concentration of a particular wild aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in a given ocean area or inland body of water is called a ____.

A fishing method called, ____ fishing, is used to catch surface-dwelling species such as tuna, mackerel, anchovies, and herring, which tend to feed in schools near the surface or in shallow areas.

Which of the following is defined as the area of ocean needed to sustain the fish consumption of an average person, a nation, or the world?

When it appears that it is no longer profitable to continue fishing as a result of overfishing, the fish populations are said to be ____.

One result of the increasingly efficient global hunt for fish is that larger individuals of commercially valuable wild species are ____.

As large species of fish are overfished, the fishing industry is shifting to smaller marine species and about 90% of this catch is converted to fishmeal and fish oil, most of which is ____.

In recent years, jellyfish blooms have ____.

Which term describes species that play crucial roles in helping to keep their ecosystems functioning?

Scientists are now cataloging species in the deepest part of the ocean by using ____.

HIPPCO is an acronym that aids in remembering ____.

Sea-bottom habitats are being threatened by ____.

Ocean acidification is defined as rising levels of acid in ocean waters due to the ocean’s absorption of ____ from the atmosphere.

One invader that particularly worries scientists and fishers on the east coast of North America is a species of ____ native to the western Pacific Ocean.

The first letter "P" in the acronym HIPPCO stands for ____.

The greatest marine biodiversity is located ____.

In 2011, an international panel of scientists concluded that because of a combination of habitat loss, overfishing, pollution, and ocean acidification, marine life is poised to enter a new period of ____.

What is CITES?

Many scientists and policy makers are suggesting an ecosystem approach to sustain aquatic systems. The cornerstone of this would include establishment of fully protected ____.

Some coastal fishing communities have developed allotment and enforcement systems for controlling fish catches in which each fisher gets a share of the total allowable catch. These systems help sustain fisheries and jobs and are called ____.

To encourage more responsible fishing practices, an important component of sustaining aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem services is bottom-up pressure from consumers demanding ____.

The traditional approach to estimating fish populations is the ____.

The newer approach to estimating fish populations, one which takes into account interactions between species and has more room for error, is ____.

The purpose of mitigation banking is to ____.

What species is one of the biggest threats to the Great Lakes?

The Columbia River dam system has benefited many people, but it has ____.

In 1968, the U.S. Congress passed the ____ to establish protection of rivers with outstanding wildlife, geological, scenic, recreational, historical, or cultural values.

Which activity is least likely to be involved with the sustainable management of freshwater fisheries?

What is a major threat to the biodiversity and ecological function of the Great Lakes?

What is not one of the ecosystem services of rivers?

Biologist E. O. Wilson proposed a list of priorities for protecting aquatic biodiversity. What is one of those priorities?

The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan has several goals. Which goal below is not one of them?

Protecting ____ and restoring them in areas where they have been destroyed are important ways to reduce the impacts of rising sea levels and storm surges, because these can slow storm-driven waves.

Sea turtles spend most of their lives traveling throughout the world’s oceans, but adult females almost always return to the beaches where they were born to lay their eggs.

Rising sea levels from projected climate change luckily will not disrupt sea turtles because they are aquatic species.

We have limited knowledge about marine biodiversity and its many functions.

A number of new species, called bioinvaders, are being introduced to aquatic ecosystems, which increases biodiversity and benefits these systems.