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Malden : Basil Blackwell, 2004

xiv,327 s. : il., mapy ; 25 cm

ISBN 0-632-05537-5 (brož.)

Obsahuje rejstřík

Bibliografie: s. 291-315

Pobřeží - ekologie - učebnice vysokošk.

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Contents // Authors of boxes, vii Preface, x // Acknowledgments and permissions, xiii // Section I: Issues and mechanisms, 1 // Chapter 1 Conservation issues, 3 // 1.1 Introduction // 1.2 Primary issues, 3 // 1.3 Secondary issues, 10 // 1.4 Tertiary issues, 22 // 1.5 Conclusion, 26 // Chapter 2 Mechanisms, 27 // 2.1 Introduction, 27 // 2.2 Species and habitat conservation, 27 // 2.3 Governance, 32 // 2.4 New directions, 44 // 2.5 Agents of change, 46 2(.6 Conclusion, 56 // Section II: Science, 57 // Chapter 3 The coastal-realm ecosystem, 59 // ?? Introduction, 59 // 3.2 Global dynamics, 59 // 3.3 Defining attributes, 62 // 3.4 Physical components, 67 3-5 Biotic land-seascapes, 76 // 3.6 Coastal-realm properties, 78 // 3.7 The coastal realm: a complex ecosystem, 83 // 3.8 Conclusion, 89 // Chapter 4 Natural history of coastal-marine organisms, 91 // 4.1 Introduction, 91 // 4.2 Diversity of coastal-realm life, 91 // 4.3 Life in water, 95 // 4.4 Life-history diversity, 100 // 4.5 Biological assembly, 113 // 4.6 Patterns, 115 // 4.7 Biogeography and environmental classification, 122 // 4.8 Conclusion, 123 // Section III: Case studies, 127 // Chapter 5 Chesapeake Bay: estuarine alteration and restoration, 133 // 5.1 Introduction, 133 // 5.2 Characteristic features of Chesapeake Bay, 133 // 5.3 Ecosystem properties under biotic control, 138 // 5.4 Humans: force and magnitude of change, 155 // 5.5 Assessing ecosystem condition, 163 // 5.6 Restoration: the Chesapeake Bay Program, 169

// 5.7 Conclusion, 170 // Chapter 6 Bering Sea: marine mammals in a regional sea, 172 // 6.1 Introduction, 172 // 6.2 Physical setting, 173 // 6.3 Biotic relationships, 177 // 6.4 Historical exploitation of Beringian marine mammals, 180 // 6.5 Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus, 182 // 6.6 Pacific walrus, Odobenus rosmarus divergens, 189 // 6.7 Conclusion, 202 // Chapter 7 The Bahamas: tropical-oceanic island nation, 205 // 7.1 Introduction, 205 // 7.2 Process and pattern, 206 // 7.3 Natural resource conservation issues, 214 // 7.4 Roots of conservation in social history, 227 // vi // Contents // 7.5 Conservation for sustainability, 228 // 7.6 Conclusion, 235 // Section IV: Analysis and synthesis, 239 // Chapter 8 Coastal-realm change, 241 // 8.1 Introduction, 241 // 8.2 Accounting for change, 241 // 8.3 Conservation issues, 245 // 8.4 The human-dominated coastal realm, 259 // 8.5 Conclusion, 263 // Chapter 9 Synthesis, 265 // 9.1 Introduction, 265 // 9.2 The rise of coastal-realm conservation, 266 // 9.3 Present challenges for coastal-realm conservation, 269 // 9.4 Strategies for coastal-realm conservation, 285 // 9.5 Conclusion, 289 // Citations and suggested readings, 291 Index, 316