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| | Covering about 70% of the earth's surface, the oceans are a highly productive system which continuously recycles chemicals, nutrients and water through the 'hydrological cycle', which powers climate and weather, and which regulates global temperature by acting as a giant heat reservoir from the sun. The oceans contain a rich array of plant and animal life. About two-thirds of the world's population live within 60 kilometres of the coast, and almost half of the world's cities with more than one million people are sited in and around the tide-washed river mouths known as estuaries. From a human point of view, oceans are also a major source of food and employment, and provide natural routes for communication, transportation and trade. |  | | Photo credit: Image courtesy of NOAA | | | | The About section was sourced from Man and the Ocean, a product of the Russian Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), and from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), both foundation partners of the UN Atlas of the Oceans. It is now managed by the UN-Oceans agencies. | | | | |
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| | | Title | Indicators of Ocean Health and Human Health: Developing a Research and Monitoring Framework
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| | Author(s) / Editor(s) |  Anthony Knap, Éric Dewailly, Chris Furgal, Jennifer Galvin, Dan Baden, Robert E. Bowen, Michael Depledge, Linda Duguay, Lora E. Fleming, Tim Ford, Fredricka Moser, Richard Owen, William A. Suk,and Umit Unluata | | Description | In this article we review the current state of indicators to link changes in marine organisms with eventual effects to human health, identify research opportunities in the use of indicators of ocean and human health, and discuss how to establish collaborations between national and international governmental and private sector groups. | | Keywords | ECOSYSTEM CHANGE; HUMAN HEALTH; RISK INDICATORS; POLLUTION; DISEASE | |
| Content Language(s) | English | |
| Web Address | http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih ... ract.html | |
| Type of Document | Paper: Research paper | | Document Status | Finished | | Publisher | Environmental Health Perspectives | | Publication Location | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA | | Publication Date | September 2002 | | Hard Copy Availability | ehponline@ehp.niehs.nih.gov | |
| Reference Info | | Volume/Issue Number | Volume 110, Number 9 |
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| Related to Topics | Human Health and the Ocean
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