Abstract
World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume Three: Ecological Issues and Environmental Impacts covers global issues relating to our seas, including a biological description of the coast and continental shelf waters, the development and use of the coast, landfills and their effects, pollutant discharges over time, the effects of over-fishing, and the management methods and techniques used to ensure continued ecosystem functioning. The relative importance of water-borne and airborne routes differ in different parts of the world is explored, along with extensive coverage of major habitats and species groups, governmental, education and legal issues, fisheries effects, remote sensing, climate change and management.
This book is an invaluable, worldwide reference source for students and researchers concerned with marine environmental science, fisheries, oceanography and engineering and coastal zone development.
Chapter 1 - The Mangrove Ecosystem
Chapter 2 - Global Status of Coral Reefs: In Combination, Disturbances and Stressors Become Ratchets
Chapter 3 - Status and Trends for the World’s Kelp Forests
Chapter 4 - Salt Marshes: Their Role in Our Society and Threats Posed to Their Existence
Chapter 5 - Remote Sensing for Marine Management
Chapter 6 - New Advances in Benthic Monitoring Technology and Methodology
Chapter 8 - Blooms of the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia: Causes, Consequences and Controls
Chapter 9 - European Protection of Fisheries in the North East Atlantic
Chapter 10 - Ghost Fishing
Chapter 11 - Far-Field and Near-Field Effects of Marine Aquaculture
Chapter 12 - The Making of a Global Marine Fisheries Catch Database for Policy Development
Chapter 13 - Ballast Water: Problems and Management
Chapter 14 - Debris in Deep Water
Chapter 15 - Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Global Ocean
Chapter 16 - Microbial Remediation of Organic Pollutants
Chapter 17 - Macroplastics Pollution in the Marine Environment
Chapter 18 - Microplastics Pollution in the Marine Environment
Chapter 19 - International Instruments for the Prevention of Marine Alien Invasive Species
Chapter 20 - Underwater Noise: Sources and Effects on Marine Life
Chapter 21 - Marine Oil Spills—Oil Pollution, Sources and Effects
Chapter 22 - Marine Oil Spills—Preparedness and Countermeasures
Chapter 23 - Threats to Seamount Ecosystems and Their Management
Chapter 24 - Dead Zones: Oxygen Depletion in Coastal Ecosystems
Chapter 25 - Marine Protected Areas: Attempting the Sustainability of the Seas
Chapter 26 - Shoreline Defenses
Chapter 27 - Environmental Effects of Marine Transportation
Chapter 28 - Collisions of Vessels With Cetaceans—The Underestimated Threat
Chapter 29 - Marine Protected Areas
Chapter 30 - Marine Spatial Planning
Chapter 31 - The Role of Ports in a Global Economy, Issues of Relevance and Environmental Initiatives
Chapter 32 - Molecular Approaches for an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network