Worm, Boris; Barbier, Edward B.; Beaumont, Nicola; … - 2014
consequences. We analyzed local experiments, long-term regional time series, and global fisheries data to test how biodiversity … biodiversity, in contrast, increased productivity fourfold and decreased variability by 21%, on overage. We conclude that marine … biodiversity loss is increasingly impairing the ocean's capacity to provide food, maintain water quality, and recover from …