How will these resources help you?

Even those lucky enough to spend a lot of time at the coast often fail to appreciate how beaches are teeming with life. Shores have an abundance of life, whether worms burrowing into sandy beaches to filter feed or shrimp spawning their offspring across rocky shores. It is even more fascinating to move into deeper water, where marine life has evolved to thrive under different, often challenging, conditions. These marine habitats possess diverse ecosystems, with the interactions between organisms maintaining the dynamic ocean we rely on. However, as with many habitats, human activity is causing changes to these ecosystems, therefore changing these dynamics. This reading list aims to help you better understand the rich ecosystems of the oceans and consider how they can be protected.