4.3 Aquatic food production systemsIB Environmental Systems and Societies SL: Flashcards
What these 15 flashcards ask
- What provides the energy for aquatic food webs?
- What are macrophytes?
- Why is demand for seafood rising?
- Define overexploitation.
- Give an example of a collapsed fishery.
- Define maximum sustainable yield (MSY).
- How should MSY be used?
- What happens if the catch exceeds MSY?
- How does ocean acidification affect marine life?
- Name three policy measures to reduce overfishing.
- How can consumers help sustainable fishing?
- What is a marine protected area (MPA)?
- How do MPAs support fisheries?
- Define aquaculture.
- Name two environmental impacts of aquaculture.
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).