Directory of Ecosystems Resources

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An ecosystem is a community of organisms and their physical environment interacting as an ecological unit. Examples include wetlands, forests, tundra, glaciers, prairies, and deserts. This category is for websites that describe the effects and influences of global change in ecosystems.

Resources in This Category

• Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystem

  http://www.beringclimate.noaa.gov/
  Essays on the relevance of weather, climate and fisheries to the ecosystem. Includes sea ice datasets, recent trends, maps, and photographs.

• Climate Change - Defoliation Interactions in Canadian Rangelands

  http://climate.biology.ualberta.ca/
  An NSERC Strategic-funded collaborative research project by University of Alberta and University of Regina researchers investigating the interactive effects of climate change and defoliation on Canadian rangeland systems.

• Climate Change and Global Glacier Decline

  http://assets.panda.org/downloads/glacierspaper.pdf
  WWF paper that describes and explains glacier loss, and examines the risks posed to specific regions, habitats, and species.

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