Marine Conservation Biology : the Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity.

Marine Conservation Biology : the Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity.

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Main Author: Norse, Elliott A.
Other Authors: Crowder, Larry B., Soule, Michael E., Marine, Conservation Biology Institute
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Chicago : Island Press, Chicago Distribution Center [distributor] May 2005 ;
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Marine biodiversity conservation.
Biodiversity conservation.
Biodiversity conservation
Marine biodiversity conservation
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface: A New Science for a New Century
  • Acknowledgments
  • Ch. 1: Why Marine Conservation Biology?
  • Ch. 2: Back to the Future in Marine Conservation
  • Part One: Marine Populations: The Basics
  • Ch. 3: The Life of the Sea: Implications of Marine Population Biology to Conservation Policy
  • Ch. 4: The Allee Effect in the Sea
  • Ch. 5: Extinction Risk in Marine Species
  • Ch. 6: Behavioral Approaches to Marine Conservation
  • Part Two: Threats to Marine Biological Diversity.
  • Ch. 7: The Potential for Nutrient Overenrichment to Diminish Marine Biodiversity
  • Ch. 8: The Magnitude and Consequences of Bioinvasions in Marine Ecosystems: Implications for Conservation Biology
  • Ch. 9: Diseases and the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity
  • Ch. 10: Multiple Stressors in Marine Systems
  • Part Three: The Greatest Threat: Fisheries
  • Ch. 11: Global Fisheries and Marine Conservation: Is Coexistence Possible?
  • Ch. 12: The Global Destruction of Bottom Habitats by Mobile Fishing Gear
  • Ch. 13: Effects of Fishing on Long-Lived Marine Organisms.
  • Ch. 14: Evolutionary Impacts of Fishing on Target Populations
  • Ch. 15: Are Sustainable Fisheries Achievable?
  • Part Four: Place-Based Management of Marine Ecosystems
  • Ch. 16: Marine Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation
  • Ch. 17: Marine Reserve Function and Design for Fisheries Management
  • Ch. 18: Place-Based Ecosystem Management in the Open Ocean
  • Ch. 19: Metapopulation Structure and Marine Reserves
  • Part Five: Human Dimensions
  • Ch. 20: Developing Rules to Manage Fisheries: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • Ch. 21: The Role of Legal Regimes in Marine Conservation.
  • Ch. 22: Uncertainty in Marine Management
  • Ch. 23: Recovering Populations and Restoring Ecosystems: Restoration of Coral Reefs and Related Marine Communities
  • Ch. 24: Toward a Sea Ethic
  • Ch. 25: Ending the Range Wars on the Last Frontier: Zoning the Sea
  • About the Editors
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Species Index.

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