Coastal-marine conservation
Subtitle: science and policy
By: [edited by] G. Carleton Ray and Jerry McCormick-Ray ; illustrations by Robert L. Smith.
Contributors: Ray, G. Carleton; McCormick-Ray, Jerry.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Coastal ecology; Nature conservation; Endangered ecosystems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-315) and index.
Table of contents: title: Section I : Issues and mechanisms; title: Chapter 1 : Conservation issues; title: Chapter 2 : Mechanisms; title: Section II : Science; title: Chapter 3 : The coastal-realm ecosystem; title: Chapter 4 : Natural history of coastal-marine organisms; title: Section III : Case studies; title: Chapter 5 : Chesapeake Bay : estuarine alteration and restoration; title: Chapter 6 : Bering Sea : marine mammals in a regional sea; title: Chapter 7 : The Bahamas : tropical-oceanic island nation; title: Section IV : Analysis and synthesis; title: Chapter 8 : Coastal-realm change; title: Chapter 9 : Synthesis.