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This volume presents a representative sample of contributions to the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium held in September 2005 in Cork, Ireland. The theme of the symposium was �Challenges to Marine Ecosystems� and this was divided into four sub themes; Genetics, Marine Protected Areas, Global Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Agriculture. The world�s marine ecosystems face multiple challenges, some natural, but many resulting from humankind�s activities. Global climate change, driven by influences of energy usage and industrial practices, is a reality now accepted by most of the world�s scientists, media and political establishments. Warming seas and rising sea levels are regarded as threats, while visionaries consider deep ocean carbon disposal as a technological opportunity. Exploitation of the seas continues apace, with repeated concerns over the impact of over-fishing, plus reservations about the environmental effects of marine aquaculture. We need to understand how resilient organisms and ecosystems are to these challenges, while responding by protecting biologically-meaningful areas of the oceans. The subthemes of the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium address all of these matters.Typham this is the title: Challenges to Marine Ecosystems Proceedings of the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium 1st Edition