Marine Conservation Ecology (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Roff, John

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This major textbook provides a broad coverage of the ecological foundations of marine conservation, including the rationale, importance and practicalities of various approaches to marine conservation and management. The scope of the book encompasses an understanding of the elements of marine biodiversity - from global to local levels - threats to marine biodiversity, and the structure and function of marine environments as related to conservation issues. The authors describe the potential approaches, initiatives and various options for conservation, from the genetic to the species, community and ecosystem levels in marine environments. They explore methods for identifying the units of conservation, and the development of defensible frameworks for marine conservation. They describe planning of ecologically integrated conservation strategies, including decision-making on size, boundaries, numbers and connectivity of protected area networks. The book also addresses relationships between fisheries and biodiversity, novel methods for conservation planning in the coastal zone and the evaluation of conservation initiatives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136538377
• Artikelnr.: 39189532

Autorenporträt

John Roff was Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Science and Conservation at Acadia University, Canada, and is now European Scholar in the EU Erasmus Mundus Programme. Mark Zacharias is Adjunct Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Assistant Deputy Minister with the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The book also includes earlier contributions by Jon Day, who is currently Director, Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Use, with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in Australia. Jon's contributions primarily occurred during the late 1990s when he was working in North America, but today Jon's expertise is widely recognized in marine spatial planning and marine management matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Marine Conservation Ecology: Concepts and Frameworks 1.
Introduction: Why Marine Conservation is Necessary - Significance, Threats,
and Management of the Oceans and Biodiversity 2. The Marine Environment:
Physico-chemical Characteristics - Structures and Processes, Enduring and
Recurrent factors 3. The Marine Environment: Ecology and Biology Pelagic
and Benthic Realms and Coastal Fringing Communities 4. Approaches to Marine
Conservation Traditional Strategies and Ecological Frameworks 5.
Representative Areas: Global to Ecoregional - Marine Conservation at the
Ecosystem / Habitat Level 6. Habitats and Communities: Ecoregional to Local
- Reality, Variability and Scales of Relationships 7. Distinctive Areas:
Species and Ecosystem Processes Ecosystem Processes - Ergoclines and
Hotspots 8. Patterns of Biodiversity: Species Diversity - Theories and
Relationships: Global, Regional, Local 9. Species and Focal Species -
Keystones, Umbrellas, Flagships, Indicators and Others 10. Genetic
Diversity Significance of Genetics: From Genes to Ecosystems 11. Coastal
zones Components, Complexities and Classifications 12. High Seas and Deep
Seas Pelagic and Benthic, Hydrography and Biogeography 13. Linking
Fisheries Management with Marine Conservation Objectives through Ecosystem
Approaches - Compatibility of Exploitation and Preservation 14. Size and
Boundaries of Protected Areas - Rationale for Function, Location,
Dimensions 15. Evaluation of Protected Areas - The Concept of 'Value' as
Applied to Marine Biodiversity 16. Sets of Protected Areas - Integrating
Distinctive and Representative Protected Areas 17. Networks of Protected
Areas - Patterns of Connectivity in the Oceans 18. Approaches to the
Establishment of Marine Monitoring Programs - Stabilizing the Baselines 19.
Remaining Problems in Marine Conservation - Present Problems, Future
Solutions. Index