Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy - Softcover

Ray, G. Carleton; McCormick-Ray, Jerry

 
9780632055371: Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0632055375 ISBN 13: 9780632055371
Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy introduces students and managers to complex conservation and management issues facing coastal nations of the world, their citizens, and international and non-governmental organizations. It aims to reduce complexity and inspire a greater consensus for more effective conservation action.
Presents the coastal realm as a heterogeneous, diverse ecosystem of exceptionall high biological diversity and productivity, and where conservation challenges are most difficult and urgent
Examines the critical issues facing coastal-marine conservation and the mechanisms for dealing with them
Reviews the basic science required for addressing conservation issues by presenting the coastal realm as a land-sea ecosystem of global significance, and by reviewing the natural-history features of coastal-marine organisms
Presents three ecologically and latitudinally distinct "real-world" case studies to create a context for understanding of regional systems, their cultures, and their conservation: the polar Bering Sea, the temperate Chesapeake Bay, and the tropical Bahamas
Makes apparent the ecological stresses on the coastal realm, increasing rates of ecosystem change, loss of ecosystem health, and fragmented governance
Synthesizes the major challenges for conservation and suggests future policy and management strategies, including ecosystem management and needs for achieving sustainability and addressing the environmental debt
This book is intended for undergraduates and graduates taking courses in coastal and marine conservation and management, as well as those actively engaged in coastal-marine conservation activities, and gives the reader a clear steer to future management approaches.
References additional to those in the book are available at
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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

G. Carleton Ray is Research Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. He has conducted research from the polar regions to the tropics, concentrating on biodiversity, fishes, marine mammals, and conservation science. He has also been actively engaged in protected-area establishment.

Jerry McCormick-Ray is Senior Research Scientist of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Her research has focused on physiological and pollution ecology and conservation in temperate and tropical nearshore and estuarine systems.

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The coastal-marine realm is where land, sea, and air exchange energy and materials, and where the greatest biological diversity on Earth exists. This realm is also where most people live, but where conservation has been most neglected. Species loss, over-abundance, ill-health, abnormal behavior, and deteriorating habitats mount in the face of human extractions, additions, and physical alterations. Of even greater concern are the rates and magnitude of environmental change and an environmental debt that has resulted from centuries of human development.

This book provides a window into the complex world of coastal-realm conservation science and policy. Conservation issues and mechanisms begin the text, followed by a characterization of the coastal-marine realm and a review of natural history concepts. Three cases ¾ the temperate Chesapeake Bay, the sub-arctic Bering Sea, and the tropical Bahamas ¾ illustrate real-world conservation issues. An analysis of the effects of human activities on coastal-marine ecosystems highlights increasing rates of change and fragmented governance. The book concludes with a synthesis of the major challenges for conservation and strategies for the future.The book is intended for undergraduates and graduates taking courses in coastal and marine conservation and management, as well as for those actively engaged in coastal-marine conservation activities.

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Verlag
Blackwell Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0632055375
ISBN 13 
9780632055371
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
344
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Wiley-Blackwell
https://www.wiley.com/en-in

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