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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959177203321

Titolo

Marine protected areas / / Floyd B. Mayr, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61470-213-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Collana

Oceanography and ocean engineering series

Altri autori (Persone)

MayrFloyd B

UptonHarold F (Harold Frank)

BuckEugene H

VannAdam

UptonHarold F (Harold Frank)

Disciplina

333.95/6160973

Soggetti

Marine parks and reserves - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Marine protected areas : an overview / Harold F. Upton and Eugene H. Buck -- Marine protected areas (MPAs) : Federal legal authority / Adam Vann -- Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States of America / National Marine Protected Areas Center.

Sommario/riassunto

This text explores the increasing impacts on the world's oceans from coastal and offshore development, overfishing, a changing climate, natural events, and other sources that are straining the health of marine ecosystems and the great lakes.