Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and PolicyISBN: 978-0-632-05537-1
Paperback
344 pages
August 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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- 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
- 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