G. Carleton Ray & Jerry McCormick-Ray 
Coastal-Marine Conservation [PDF ebook] 
Science and Policy

Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy introduces students
and managers to complex conservation and management issues facing
coastal nations of the world, their citizens, and international and
non-governmental organizations. It aims to reduce complexity and
inspire a greater consensus for more effective conservation
action.

* * Presents the coastal realm as a heterogeneous, diverse
ecosystem of exceptionall high biological diversity and
productivity, and where conservation challenges are most difficult
and urgent

* Examines the critical issues facing coastal-marine conservation
and the mechanisms for dealing with them

* Reviews the basic science required for addressing conservation
issues by presenting the coastal realm as a land-sea ecosystem of
global significance, and by reviewing the natural-history features
of coastal-marine organisms

* Presents three ecologically and latitudinally distinct
‘real-world’ case studies to create a context for understanding of
regional systems, their cultures, and their conservation: the polar
Bering Sea, the temperate Chesapeake Bay, and the tropical
Bahamas

* Makes apparent the ecological stresses on the coastal realm,
increasing rates of ecosystem change, loss of ecosystem health, and
fragmented governance

* Synthesizes the major challenges for conservation and suggests
future policy and management strategies, including ecosystem
management and needs for achieving sustainability and addressing
the environmental debt

This book is intended for undergraduates and graduates taking
courses in coastal and marine conservation and management, as well
as those actively engaged in coastal-marine conservation
activities, and gives the reader a clear steer to future management
approaches.

References additional to those in the book are available at
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/ray_references.pdf

The artwork is available to download at
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ray/

Cuprins

Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Part I: Issues and Mechanisms:.

1. Conservation Issues:.

Introduction.

Primary Issues.

Secondary Issues.

Tertiary Issues.

Conclusion.

2. Mechanisms:.

Introduction.

Species And Habitat Conservation.

New Directions.

Agents Of Change.

Conclusion.

Part II: Science:.

3. The Coastal Realm Ecosystem:.

Introduction.

Global Dynamics.

Defining Attributes.

Physical Components.

Biotic Land-Seascapes.

Coastal Realm Properties.

The Coastal Realm: A Complex Ecosystem.

Conclusion.

4. Natural History Of Coastal-Marine Organisms:.

Introduction.

Diversity Of Coastal-Realm Life.

Life In Water.

Life-History Diversity.

Biological Assembly.

Patterns.

Biogeography And Environmental Classification.

Conclusion.

Part III: Case Studies:.

Introduction.

5. Chesapeake Bay: Estuarine Alteration And Restoration:.

Introduction.

Characteristic Features Of Chesapeake Bay.

Ecosystem Properties Under Biotic Control.

Humans: Force And Magnitude Of Change.

Assessing Ecosystem Condition.

Restoration: The Chesapeake Bay Program.

Conclusion.

6. Bering Sea: Marine Mammals In A Regional Sea:.

Introduction.

Physical Setting.

Biotic Relationships.

Historical Exploitation Of Beringian Marine Mammals.

Steller Sea Lion, Eumetopias Jubatus.

Pacific Walrus, Odobenus Rosmarus Divergens.

Conclusion.

7. Bahamas: Tropical-Oceanic Island Nation:.

Introduction.

Process And Pattern.

Roots Of Conservation In Social History.

Conservation For Sustainability.

Conclusion.

Part IV: Analysis and Synthesis:.

8. Coastal-Realm Change:.

Introduction.

Accounting For Change.

The Human-Dominated Coastal Realm.

Conclusion.

9. Synthesis:.

Introduction.

The Rise Of Coastal-Realm Conservation.

Challenges For Coastal-Realm Conservation.

Strategies For Coastal-Realm Conservation.

Conclusion.

Citations And Readings.

Index.

Despre autor

G. Carleton Ray is Research Professor of Environmental
Sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
He has conducted research from the polar regions to the tropics,
concentrating on biodiversity, fishes, marine mammals, and
conservation science. He has also been actively engaged in
protected-area establishment.

Jerry Mc Cormick-Ray is Senior Research Scientist of
Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia. Her research has focused on
physiological and pollution ecology and conservation in temperate
and tropical nearshore and estuarine systems.