Habitat Destruction

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Habitat Destruction

• Beaches

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Beaches

• Popular vacation and retirement destinations
• Many are over-developed with hotels, condos,
  resorts, and shops
• Development and heavy use have had severe impact,
  especially on wildlife

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• Beach nesting birds are in danger of extinction
  along US Gulf Coast because of disturbances by
  swimmers, pets, and dune buggies.
• Other shorebirds face competition for nesting
  sites and egg predation from large gulls
• Gulls can thrive on garbage generated by humans

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• Sea Turtles Horseshoe Crabs are declining
  because of loss of nesting sites and predation.
• Building houses, docks, seawalls disrupts
  habitats removes important areas for nesting,
  reproduction feeding
• Development also destroys sand dunes beach
  vegetation that helps prevent erosion