Marine Parks-more Than Just A Great Place To Dive And Snorkel
June 13, 2006 @ 07:47 AM (EST)
Source: Beautifuloceans.com
Today we're going to discuss Marine Protected Areas (or MPA's, or marine reserves, or marine parks as they are also known). MPAs are sections of the ocean protected from fishing; by protecting the ecosystem from fishing, MPAs allow the organisms within their boundaries to increase in both density and diversity-that is, the number of organisms and number of different species...
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