derived from human activities

the diversity of life forms in an environment

a group of organisms that are distinct from other groups in its morphology (body, form, and structure), behavior, or biochemical properties

a measure of how much an individual consumes, expressed in area of land

development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations

a species that plays a far more important role in its community that its relative abundance might suggest

a factor that has the same effect on an individual’s probability of survival and the amount of reproduction at any population size

the limit of how many individuals in a population the environment can sustain

parasites that cause disease in their host

the individuals that belong to the same species and live in a given area at a particular time

a resource that a population cannot live without and occurs in quantities lower than the population would require to increase in size

the number of individuals per unit area at a given time

the number of years it takes a population to double.

a condition in which people do not have adequate access to food.

farming aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and seaweeds.

the condition in which food insecurity is so extreme that large numbers of deaths occur in a given area over a relatively short period

a commercially harvestable population of fish within a particular ecological region.

the unintentional catch of non-target species while fishing