title: Comment on "Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services".
abstract: Worm et al. (Research Articles, 3 November 2006, p. 787) investigated the importance of biodiversity to marine ecosystem services across temporal and spatial scales. In projecting the extent of future fisheries collapse, we argue that the authors inappropriately extrapolated beyond their available observations and used data on marine reserves and fishery closures that are not representative of global fisheries.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Agriculture and Fisheries Unit, TP 051, 21020, Italy. franz.hoelker@jrc.it
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hölker
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beare
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dörner
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: di Natale
authors.forename: Hans-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rätz
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Temming
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D005398:Fisheries; D005399:Fishes; D005544:Forecasting; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011157:Population Dynamics