Climate processes such as sea temperature and waves can directly influence the abundance and species composition of seabed communities.
Localised effects through fishing impacts, habitat modification and contaminants are also important and make it difficult to assess the influence of climate change.
Unknown.
LOW
MCCIP derived these headlines from the information supplied in the following reports, which provide a more comprehensive review of scientific understanding in this field.
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