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Give an account of marine resources and their economic significance. How has marine pollution affected such resources ?

  • UPSC 2023
  • Oceanography

Marine resources are the biotic and abiotic wealth of ocean water and the ocean floor — organisms from plankton to whales, minerals in solution and in deposits, hydrocarbons, and the energy of tides, waves and heat.

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  • Living (Biotic) Resources and Their Economic Significance
  • Non-Living (Abiotic) Resources and Their Economic Significance
  • How Marine Pollution Has Affected These Resources
  • Fisheries and Food Safety
  • Mariculture and Coral Reefs
  • Non-Living Resources and Services
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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