Research Catalog

Title

Watersheds, bays, and bounded seas : the science and management of semi-enclosed marine systems / edited by Edward R. Urban, Jr. [and others].

Publication

Washington : Island Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

• Urban, Edward R.
• International Council for Science. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.

Description

xv, 269 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 23 cm.

Summary

"Watersheds, Bays, and Bounded Seas provides state-of-the-science information about semi-enclosed marine systems and identifies best management practices to preserve them. With contributions by natural and social scientists, the book examines both the biophysical and political forces affecting these complex systems."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

SCOPE series ; 70

Uniform Title

SCOPE report ; 70.

Subject

• Coastal ecology
• Marine ecology
• Marine ecosystem management

Note

• "A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, of the International Council for Science."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Bernard D. Goldstein -- 1. Introduction / Edward R. Urban, Jr., Bjorn Sundby, Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli and Jerry M. Melillo -- 2. Vulnerability of Semi-Enclosed Marine Systems to Environmental Disturbances / Michael MacCracken, Elva Escobar-Briones, Denis Gilbert, Gennady Korotaev, Wajih Naqvi, Gerardo M. E. Perillo, Tim Rixen, Emil Stanev, Bjorn Sundby, Helmuth Thomas, Daniela Unger and Edward R. Urban, Jr. -- 3. Threshold Effects in Semi-Enclosed Marine Systems / Johan van de Koppel, Paul Tett, Wajih Naqvi, Temel Oguz, Gerardo M. E. Perillo, Nancy N. Rabalais, Maurizio Ribera d'Alcala, Jilan Su and Jing Zhang -- 4. Governance and Management of Ecosystem Services in Semi-Enclosed Marine Systems / Paul V. R. Snelgrove, Michael Flitner, Edward R. Urban, Jr., Werner Ekau, Marion Glaser, Heike K. Lotze, Catharina J. M. Philippart, Penjai Sompongchaiyakul, Edy Yuwono, Jerry M. Melillo, Michel Meybeck, Nancy N. Rabalais and Jing Zhang -- 5. Integrating Tools to Assess Changes in Semi-Enclosed Marine Systems / Carolien Kroeze, Jack Middelburg, Rik Leemans, Elva Escobar-Briones, Wolfgang Fennel, Marion Glaser, Akira Harashima, Kon-Kee Liu and Michel Meybeck -- 6. Physical Processes in Semi-Enclosed Marine Systems / Wolfgang Fennel, Denis Gilbert and Jilan Su -- 7. Cascading Filters of River Material from Headwaters to Regional Seas: The European Example / Michel Meybeck and Hans H. Durr -- 8. Fluxes of Nutrients and Selected Organic Pollutants Carried by Rivers / Kon-Kee Liu, S. Seitzinger, E. Mayorga, J. Harrison and V. Ittekkot -- 9. Biogeochemical Cycling in Semi-Enclosed Marine Systems and Continental Margins / Helmuth Thomas, Daniela Unger, Jing Zhang, Kon-Kee Liu and Elizabeth H. Shadwick -- 10. Dynamics and Vulnerability of Marine Food Webs in Semi-Enclosed Systems / Catharina J. M., Philippart and Werner Ekau -- 11. Distribution and Consequences of Hypoxia / Nancy N. Rabalais and Denis Gilbert -- 12. Ecosystem Services of Semi-Enclosed Marine Systems / Heike K. Lotze and Marion Glaser -- Appendix. Workshop Participants and Other Contributors -- SCOPE Series List -- SCOPE Executive Committee 2005-2008.

ISBN

• 9781597265027 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1597265020 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1597265039 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781597265034 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008027634
• 40016328098

OCLC

• ocn232786288
• 232786288
• SCSB-5452152

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries