Mankind and the oceans /

Annotation "Mankind and the Oceans contains important evidence of the role of the oceans in our survival in the twenty-first century. Focusing on regional and national case studies, the book emphasizes approaches that can help remedy human impact on the oceans.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Miyazaki, Nobuyuki, Adeel, Zafar, Ohwada, Kouichi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Water Resources Management and Policy Ser.
Temas:
Marine pollution > Prevention.
Marine ecology.
Oceanography > Research.
Environmental protection > International cooperation.
Pollution marine > Prévention.
Écologie marine.
Océanographie > Recherche.
Environnement > Protection > Coopération internationale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Environmental protection > International cooperation
Marine ecology
Marine pollution > Prevention
Oceanography > Research
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview of the global marine and coastal challenges / Zafar Adeel and Nobuyuki Miyazaki
  • Mankind belongs to the sea / François Doumenge
  • Environmental management of enclosed coastal seas / Tomotoshi Okaichi and Machiko Yamada
  • International marine science activities in Japan / Nobuhiko Handa
  • The UNU's international marine environment research networks: an approach towards sustainable seas in the twenty-first century / Juha I. Uitto and Zafar Adeel
  • Environmental problems in the coastal waters of China / Zhou Kaiya
  • Marine pollution monitoring of butyltins and organochlorines in the coastal waters of Thailand, the Philippines, and India / Maricar S. Prudente, Supawat Kan-Atireklap, Shinsuke Tanabe, and Annamalai Subramanian
  • Organochlorine contamination in Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica) from Lake Baikal, Russia / Haruhiko Nakata, Shinsuke Tanabe, Ryo Tatsukawa, Masao Amano, Nobuyuki Miyazaki, and Evgeny A. Petrov
  • Marine mammals and environmental contaminants in the Pacific Ocean: current knowledge and frontiers for research / Thomas J. O'Shea
  • Persistent organic pollutants and outbreaks of disease in marine mammals / Peter S. Ross
  • Biodiversity in the Black Sea: threats and the future / Bayram Ozturk and Ayaka Amaha Ozturk
  • Marine biodiversity of the South-Western Atlantic Ocean and main environmental problems of the region / Ricardo Bastida, Diego Rodrìguez, Norbeto Scarlato, and Marco Favero.

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