LEADER 03157nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910823079703321 005 20240405053753.0 010 $a1-60344-270-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019163 035 $a(EBL)1790694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1790694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1790694 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10405232 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL645654 035 $a(OCoLC)891446682 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019163 100 $a20080617d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota$hVolume 2$iOcean and coastal economy /$fedited by James C. Cato 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (135 p.) 225 1 $aHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series 300 $aIncludes indexes. 311 $a1-322-14399-4 311 $a1-60344-086-0 327 $aContents 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 Lee 327 $aChapter 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 Ya?n?ez-Arancibia, Jose? J. Rami?rez-Gordillo,John W. Day, and David W. Yoskowitz; Contributors 105; Index 107 330 $aThe many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle) assesses the Gulf of Mexico as a single economic region. The book provides information and baseline data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmental sustainability in the Gulf. In five chapters, economists, political scientists, and ecologists from Florida, Californi 410 0$aHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series. 606 $aMarine biology$zMexico, Gulf of 606 $aGeology$zMexico, Gulf of 606 $aOceanography$zMexico, Gulf of 607 $aMexico, Gulf of 615 0$aMarine biology 615 0$aGeology 615 0$aOceanography 676 $a578.77 676 $a578.77364 701 $aCato$b James C$0882865 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823079703321 996 $aGulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota$93997080 997 $aUNINA