Oceans 2020
Subtitle: science, trends, and the challenge of sustainability
By: [edited by] John G. Field, Gotthilf Hempel, Colin P. Summerhayes.
Contributors: Field, J. G.; Hempel, Gotthilf.; Summerhayes, C. P.; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.; International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research.; International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Marine sciences -- Research
Notes: "The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The coastal zone: an ecosystem under pressure -- Han Lindeboom; title: Climate change and the ocean -- Gerald R. North, -- Robert A. Duce; title: Fisheries and fisheries science in their search for sustainability -- Gotthilf Hempel, -- Daniel Pauly; title: Ocean studies for offshore industry -- Colin P. Summerhayes, -- Karin Lochte; title: Marine information for shipping and defense -- David P. Rogers, -- Mary G. Altalo, -- Richard W. Spinrad; title: Operational oceanography -- Colin P. Summerhayes, -- Ralph Rayner; title: A vision of oceanographic instrumentation and technologies in the early twenty-first century -- Tommy D. Dickey; title: Framework of cooperation -- Geoffrey Holland, -- Patricio Bernal; title: Capacity building -- Miguel Fortes, -- Gotthilf Hempel; title: The vision to 2020-- John G. Field,-- Colin P. Summerhayes,-- Gotthilf Hempel.