Apes Chapter 11 Test Review

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The group of whales which are the target for commercial hunting

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baleen whales

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The group of whales which are most succeptable to high levels of toxic mercury in their tissues due to biomagnification

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toothed whales

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The country which has the MOST significant whaling industry and whale meat market

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Japan

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The component of fertilizer that causes eutrophication of marine and freshwater systems

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nitrogen

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The projected, direct threat of climate change to marine habitat is

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rising sea levels

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The area of ocean needed to sustain the fish consumption of an average person, a nation, or the world

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fishprint

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A fishing method used to catch pelagic species using large circular nets

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Purse Seine Fishing

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A fishing method that includes miles of baited hooks

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Longline Fishing

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A fishing method that does the most damage to bottom ecosystems

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Trawler Fishing

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

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commercially extinct

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Which of the northwest Atlantic species of fish is the most depleted stock?

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cod

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Which ocean creatures are being fished to near extinction and would have the greatest effect on ocean biodiversity if they dissappeared?

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sharks

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The number of organisms that can be harvested without depleting the stock

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maximum sustainable yeild

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What human actitivity can help preserve sea turtles?

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Tourism

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The Law of the Sea Treaty provides for coastal nations’ to have a fishing zone free from foreign competition and for their own coastline protection. This zone is called

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Exclusive Economic Zone

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Beginning 200 nautical miles from shore which is beyond a country's legal jurisdiction

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High seas

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Focusing on an entire environment rather than a species

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Ecosystem approach

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The approach to estimating fish populations which takes into account interactions between species

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optimum sustained yield

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The global fish catches worldwide are declining because of

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Overfishing

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Allowing destruction of an ecosystem or species if an equal one is created elsewhere

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mitigation banking

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What is the name given to non-target species - not the fish species that was intended to be caught?

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bycatch

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An invasive species along the east coast of North America that was probably released from outdoor aquariums damaged by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 is the

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lionfish

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The ______________ system includes coastal communities and the government working together to manage fisheries.

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co-management

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Consumers have a role to play in sustaining aquatic biodiversity by demanding

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sustainable seafood

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A fishing method that uses miles of vertically floating nets which catch fish by their gills

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Drift Net Fishing

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First step in eutrophication

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Fertilizers from farms runoff into rivers or a body of water

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Second step in eutrophication

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Excess nutrients in the water cause algae to bloom covering the surface of the water

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Third step in eutrophication

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Algae die and sink to the bottom

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Fourth step in eutrophication

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Decomposers consume dead algae and use up all the ecosystem's oxygen