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Lagoons and Coastal Wetlands in the Global Change Context: Impact and Management Issues

This interdisciplinary volume comprehensively reviews recent developments in wetland science and global change. The aim is ...

Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather A Coastal State's Adaptation Challenges and Successes

This book takes an in-depth look at Louisiana as a state which is ahead of the curve in terms of extreme weather events, ...

Macro-Engineering

Macro-engineering involves the large-scale modification and manipulation of natural systems for the benefit of mankind. The ...

Managing European Coasts

Many coastal areas and human activities are subject to increasing risks from natural and man-induced hazards such as flooding ...

Mangroves and Halophytes: Restoration and Utilisation

Focusing on Venezuela and Mexico, this edited volume from the International Society of Halophyte Utilisation (ISHU) explores ...

Marine Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation: The Application and Future Development of the IMOs Particularly Sensitive Sea Area Concept

Despite the potential benefits that PSSA designation can deliver, recent practice both within the IMO and by individual member ...

Marine Eutrophication in Perspective

Is ecological knowledge relevant for environmental policy and if so, to what extent and in what way? These are some of the ...

Marine Resource Conservation and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Tanzania

Despite the social, nutritional, economical and environmental importance of Tanzanian coastal areas, yet they are vulnerable ...

Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity

Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change ...

Modelling and Monitoring of Coastal Marine Processes

Although numerous books have been written on both monitoring and modelling of coastal oceans, there is a practical need for ...

Monitoring and Modelling Lakes and Coastal Environments

Habitat environments of lakes and coastal wetlands are deteriorating due to their exploitative use and improper management. ...

Motivic Homotopy Theory

This book is based on lectures given at a summer school held in Nordfjordeid on the Norwegian west coast in August 2002. ...

Nitrogen Cycling in the Americas: Natural and Anthropogenic Influences and Controls

The rate of creation of reactive nitrogen (NR) on the earth has dramatically increased in the last half century mainly due ...

Ocean Weather Forecasting

This volume covers a wide range of topics and summarizes our present knowledge in ocean modeling, ocean observing systems, ...

Particle-Laden Flow

This book contains a selection of the papers that were presented at the EUROMECH colloquium on particle-laden flow held at ...

Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas : The IMO's Role in Protecting Vulnerable Marine Areas

Designations of large Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs) triggered a controversial debate within the International ...

Past and Present Water Column Anoxia

Contains papers partly based on presentations by 60 scientists attending a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Past and Present ...

Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants

since the publication of the first edition ten years ago, international research efforts in physiological ecology of plants ...

Progress in Artificial Life

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third Australian Conference on Artificial Life, ACAL 2007, held in ...

Protecting the Gulfs Marine Ecosystems from Pollution

This volume reviews present sources and levels of pollution in the Gulf, assesses their causes and effects on biota and ecosystems, ...

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