917a21c5_y_and_diverse_marine_ecosystem__WHAT_IS_ALREADY_HAPPENING
[0] Seabed ecology FRS; Liverpool University [WHAT COULD HAPPEN] Changes to sea temperature and/or food supply are likely to continue to alter the ecological structure of the seabed. [WHAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING] 
Climatic processes influence the abundance and species composition of seabed communities, directly affecting the availability of food for bottom-feeding fish. Localised effects of fishing, causing habitat modification, and of contaminants are also important and make it difficult to fully assess the scale of the influence of climate change.