Author: Gilbert Barnabe
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2000-10-02
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781852336479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The development and ecology of coastal waters is an increasingly important topic and one which touches a wide range of areas including oceanography, hydrology, biology, ecology, fisheries science, aquaculture, civil engineering, geography, economics, law and the social sciences. This book provides a balanced overview allowing the reader to understand exactly what is at stake in the development and management of coastal waters. There is no other book currently available which provides such an overview of this important area. Divided into three parts, the first part provides the background knowledge necessary for an understanding of the physical, chemical and biological phenomena of coastal waters. Part 2 looks at marine ecology from something other than the traditional view of placing organisms at the centre of the problem and considering them in relation to other organisms and environments, instead the authors show how it is possible with marine ecosystems in which the biological, physical and chemical components are equally important when defining an entire system. Finally an exhaustive review of the available technology for various types of development is provided. All in all, this book constitutes a succint and up-to-date summary of the functions of coastal ecosystems which should be read by all those active in, and with an interest in, the management and development of coastal seas.
Author: André Monaco
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-10-30
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1119007658
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents a systemic view of the diversity of pressures and impacts produced by climate change and human actions. Erosion of biodiversity by changing ocean chemistry, the intensification of global change raises the problem of the adaptation of living resources. Land uses induce ecological imbalances leading to asphyxiation true coastal ecosystems. More than a billion tons of solid waste must be assimilated by the marine environment and food webs. Radioactive discharges emitted into the atmosphere or into the aquatic environment, raise the question of their future. Sea and Ocean series offers a transversal approach of the ocean system that leads to governance, sustainable resource management and adaptation of societies.
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.). Public Services Division
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 26
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Publishing Division
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 68
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