If there are dramatic changes in the population of any species living at the beach, other species there may be affected too

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Commercial crab fishing at the Elbe River in June 2007.

Rights: Ra Boe, CC BY-SA 2.5 Published 25 August 2021 Size: 1 MB Referencing Hub media

Changes in species populations may be the result of natural activities such as the Kaikōura earthquake in 2016 or human activities such as overharvesting.

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