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 … loss affects marine ecosystem services across temporal and spatial scales. Overall, rates of resource collapse increased … biodiversity, in contrast, increased productivity fourfold and decreased variability by 21%, on overage. We conclude that marine …