03180nam 2200577Ia 450 991082307970332120240405053753.01-60344-270-7(CKB)2550000000019163(EBL)1790694(MiAaPQ)EBC1790694(Au-PeEL)EBL1790694(CaPaEBR)ebr10405232(CaONFJC)MIL645654(OCoLC)891446682(EXLCZ)99255000000001916320080617d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biotaVolume 2Ocean and coastal economy[electronic resource] /edited by James C. Cato1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Press20091 online resource (135 p.)Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies seriesIncludes indexes.1-322-14399-4 1-60344-086-0 Contents v; Foreword: Fifty-Year Update of Bulletin 89 viiJohn W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder,and Sylvia A. Earle; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Introduction xvii; Chapter 1 The Gulf of Mexico Region as a Transnational Community 1Terry L. McCoy; Chapter 2 The Productive Value of the Gulf of Mexico 21David W. Yoskowitz; Chapter 3 An Economic Overview of Selected Industries Dependentupon the Gulf of Mexico 28charles m. Adams, Emilio Hernandez, and Jim LeeChapter 4 The Changing Coastal and Ocean Economies of the United StatesGulf of Mexico 47Judith T. K ildow, Charles S. Colgan,and Linwood PendletonChapter 5 Environmental Sustainability of Economic Trends in the Gulf of Mexico:What Is the Limit for Mexican Coastal Development? 82Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, José J. Ramírez-Gordillo,John W. Day, and David W. Yoskowitz; Contributors 105; Index 107The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle) assesses the Gulf of Mexico as a single economic region. The book provides information and baseline data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmental sustainability in the Gulf. In five chapters, economists, political scientists, and ecologists from Florida, CaliforniHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series.Marine biologyMexico, Gulf ofGeologyMexico, Gulf ofOceanographyMexico, Gulf ofMexico, Gulf ofMarine biologyGeologyOceanography578.77578.77364Cato James C882865MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823079703321Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota3997080UNINA