Marine protected areas [[electronic resource] ] : tools for sustaining ocean ecosystems / / Committee on the Evaluation, Design, and Monitoring of Marine Reserves and Protected Areas in the United States, Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456031703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001
• ISBN: 0-309-51169-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.78/4
• Soggetti: Marine parks and reserves; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Conservation Goals""; ""3 Conventional Management of Marine Fisheries""; ""4 Societal Values of Marine Reserves and Protected Areas""; ""5 Empirical and Modeling Studies of Marine Reserves""; ""6 Design""; ""7 Monitoring, Research, and Modeling""; ""8 Historical Background and Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas in the United States""; ""9 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""A Acronyms""; ""B Glossary""; ""C Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""D Meeting Agendas""; ""E Presidential Executive Order Regarding Marine Protected Areas in the United States""""F The IUCN Protected Area Categories System""; ""G Description of Studies Estimating Marine Reserve Area Requirements""; ""Index""