Marine conservation biology : the science of maintaining the sea's biodiversity / / edited by Elliott A. Norse and Larry B. Crowder ; foreword by Michael E. Soule

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969374403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : Island Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-59726-771-6; 1-4356-4856-0
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NorseElliott A; CrowderLarry B
• Disciplina: 333.95/616
• Soggetti: Marine biodiversity conservation; Biodiversity conservation
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 BiodiversityCh. 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 PopulationsCh. 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 ManagementCh. 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Humans are terrestrial animals, and our capacity to see and understand the importance and vulnerability of life in the sea has trailed our growing ability to harm it.While conservation biologists are working to address environmental problems humans have created on land, loss of marine biodiversity, including extinctions and habitat degradation.