Tropical waters and their living resources
Subtitle: ecology, assessment, and management
By: edited by Matthias Wolff
Publisher: H.M. Hauschild
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bremen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9783897574595
Description: "Management and conservation of aquatic ecosystems require in-depth knowledge and understanding of the ecosystem functions, of the approaches for resource assessment and management, and of the socioeconomic context. This book helps the reader navigate through these complex issues by combining and integrating the knowledge of the different research disciplines involved. The nine book chapters cover fundamentals of ecology, the description of aquatic ecosystems, a review of aquatic resources and their use, threats, modeling tools, approaches for coastal planning, the law of the sea, as well as principles of biostatistics and guidelines on how to communicate science. The book is meant as a 'back ground reader' for students and professionals working in the field of tropical coastal research and management."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals of aquatic ecology; title: Tropical aquatic ecosystems: from large to small; title: Resources and their use; title: Threats to the aquatic ecosystem; title: Modelling in ecology; title: Approaches for coastal planning & resource management; title: The law of the sea; title: Biostatistics; title: Communicating science.