- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 397 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- Ecosystem services are emerging as a key driver of conservation policy and environmental management. Delivery of ecosystem services depends on the efficient functioning of ecosystems, which in turn depends on biodiversity and environmental conditions. Many marine ecosystems are extremely productive and highly valued, but they are increasingly threatened by human activities. With contributions from leading researchers, this volume synthesises current understanding of the effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning caused by a variety of human activities and pressures at play in coastal marine ecosystems. The authors examine the likely consequences for ecosystem service provision, covering key topics including fisheries, aquaculture, physical structures, nutrients, chemical contaminants, marine debris and invasive species. Critically reviewing the latest developments, this is a unique resource both for environmental managers and policy makers and for researchers and students in marine ecology and environmental management.
- Series Statement
- Ecology, biodiversity and conservation
- Uniform Title
- Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Source of Description (note)
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 June 2015).
- Contents
- List of contributors -- Part I. Key concepts. 1. Introduction / Tasman Crowe, Melanie Austen and Christopher L.J. Frid ; 2. Ecosystem services and benefits from marine ecosystems / Melanie Austen, Caroline Hattam and Tobias Börger ; 3. Assessing human impacts on marine ecosystems / Christopher L.J. Frid and Tasman Crowe ; 4. Modifiers of impacts on marine ecosystems: disturbance regimes, multiple stressors and receiving environments / Devin Lyons, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Christopher L.J. Frid and Rolf Vinebrooke ; 5. Impacts of changing biodiversity on marine ecosystem functioning / Tasman Crowe -- Part II. Impacts of human activities and pressures. 6. Marine fisheries and aquaculture / Odette Paramor and Christopher L.J. Frid ; 7. Artificial physical structures / Fabio Bulleri and Gee Chapman ; 8. Eutrophication and hypoxia: impacts of nutrient and organic enrichment / Samuli Korpinen and Erik Bonsdorff ; 9. Pollution: effects of chemical contaminants and debris / Emma Johnston and Mariana Mayer-Pinto ; 10. Invasions by non-indigenous species / Mads Solgaard Thomsen, Thomas Wernberg and David Schiel -- Part III. Synthesis and conclusions. 11. Human activities and ecosystem service use: impacts and trade-offs / Melanie Austen, Caroline Hattam and Samantha Garrard ; 12. Conclusions / Tasman Crowe, Dave Raffaelli and Christopher L.J. Frid -- Index.
- ISBN
- OCLC
- 911195424
- Title
Marine ecosystems : human impacts on biodiversity, functioning and services / edited by Tasman P. Crowe, University College Dublin, Ireland, Christopher L.J. Frid, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
- Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Ecology, biodiversity and conservation
Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Note
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 June 2015).
- Language
Text in English.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Crowe, Tasman P., editor.
Frid, Chris, editor.
- Other Form:
Print version: Marine ecosystems. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9781107675087 (DLC) 2014451785 (OCoLC)907204913