生态调查是为了了解区域生态环境乃至生物圈内动植物现况(或包括其他微生物族群)与分布的一种科学方法。基本的生态调查，有助於建立环境与生物基础资料，并了解生物现象与动态变化等诸多的环境因子。一般野生动物资源调查常包括对於生态栖境中特定动物组成、动物族群分布、族群数量与栖息环境背景资料等；而范围的生态调查甚至也动用到地理资讯系统、地理统计等整合性的资料。
一项为期三年的调查发现，掠夺式捕捞已失控，使世界上最脆弱的生物群落失去食物，导致生态灾难。
Pirate fishing is out of control, depriving some the most world's most vulnerable communities of food and leading to ecological catastrophe, a three-year investigation has found.
一项新的调查研究结果显示地球周围的灰尘数量是上个世纪的两倍；出现这种戏剧性增长的原因与气候和生态学有关。
The amount of dust in the Earth's atmosphere has doubled over the last century, according to a new study; and the dramatic increase is influencing climate and ecology around the world.
一项人体细菌生态系统调查报告显示，细菌的高密度聚集区时人体的前臂，而且这仅是意外的开始。
According to a new survey of the bacterial ecosystem that covers us, the diversity hot spot of the body's exterior is the forearm. And the surprises don't end there.
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