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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816710903321

Titolo

Marine protected areas : 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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17144-X

0-309-51169-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

333.78/4

Soggetti

Marine parks and reserves

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""