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Marine protected areas : tools for sustaining ocean ecosystems /

Although the ocean-and the resources within-seem limitless, there is clear evidence that human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine ecosystems and threaten the long-term productivity of the seas. Declining yields in many fisheries and decay of treasured mari...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Evaluation, Design, and Monitoring Marine Reserves and Protected Areas in the United States
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conservation goals
  • Conventional management of marine fisheries
  • Societal values of marine reserves and protected areas
  • Empirical and modeling studies of marine reserves
  • Design
  • Monitoring, research, and modeling
  • Historical background and evaluation of marine protected areas in the United States
  • Conclusions and recommendations.