Overview
- Addresses current and future threats to marine ecosystems
- Contains up to date research
Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 202)
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Table of contents (18 papers)
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Genetics and resilience
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Marine protected areas/reserves
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Climate change and marine ecosystems
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Sustainable fisheries/aquaculture
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About this book
This volume presents a representative sample of contributions to the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium held in September 2005 in Cork, Ireland. The theme of the symposium was ‘Challenges to Marine Ecosystems’ and this was divided into four sub themes; Genetics, Marine Protected Areas, Global Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Agriculture.
The world’s marine ecosystems face multiple challenges, some natural, but many resulting from humankind’s activities. Global climate change, driven by influences of energy usage and industrial practices, is a reality now accepted by most of the world’s scientists, media and political establishments. Warming seas and rising sea levels are regarded as threats, while visionaries consider deep ocean carbon disposal as a technological opportunity. Exploitation of the seas continues apace, with repeated concerns over the impact of over-fishing, plus reservations about the environmental effects of marine aquaculture. We need to understand how resilient organisms and ecosystems are to these challenges, while responding by protecting biologically-meaningful areas of the oceans. The subthemes of the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium address all of these matters.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Challenges to Marine Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium
Editors: John Davenport, Gavin M. Burnell, Tom Cross, Mark Emmerson, Rob McAllen, Ruth Ramsay, Emer Rogan
Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8808-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8807-0Published: 02 July 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7994-7Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8808-7Published: 29 January 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 211
Additional Information: Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA, 606, 2008
Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Marine & Freshwater Sciences