Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity (Paperback)

~ Elliott A. Norse (Editor), Larry B. Crowder (Editor), Michael E. Soule (Foreword)
Key Phrases: marine conservation biology, extinction risk, fisheries oceanography, New York, Marine Ecology Progress Series, United States (more...)

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"Finally, there is a book that focuses on solutions in addition to issues and threats, and addresses crucial topics, including place-based management of marine ecosystems and the legal and ethical frameworks for ocean policy with depths, scholarship, and courage. This is a wonderful resource for learning, teaching, and inspiration." -Fiorenza Micheli, assistant professor at Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University (Fiorenza Micheli )

"With a focus that includes solutions as well as problems, this book is a timely and valuable reference for students, scientists, and conservationists." (Southeastern Naturalist )

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Humans are terrestrial animals, and our capacity to see and understand the importance and vulnerability of life in the sea has trailed our growing ability to harm it. While conservation biologists are working to address environmental problems humans have created on land, loss of marine biodiversity, including extinctions and habitat degradation, has received much less attention. At the same time, marine sciences such as oceanography and fisheries biology have largely ignored issues of conservation.

Marine Conservation Biology brings together for the first time in a single volume leading experts from around the world to apply the lessons and thinking of conservation biology to marine issues. Contributors including James M. Acheson, Louis W. Botsford, James T. Carlton, Kristina Gjerde, Selina S. Heppell, Ransom A. Myers, Julia K. Parrish, Stephen R. Palumbi, and Daniel Pauly offer penetrating insights on the nature of marine biodiversity, what threatens it, and what humans can and must do to recover the biological integrity of the world's estuaries, coastal seas, and oceans.

Sections examine: distinctive aspects of marine populations and ecosystems; threats to marine biological diversity, singly and in combination; place-based management of marine ecosystems; the often-neglected human dimensions of marine conservation.

Marine Conservation Biology breaks new ground by creating the conceptual framework for the new field of marine conservation biology -- the science of protecting, recovering, and sustainably using the living sea. It synthesizes the latest knowledge and ideas from leading thinkers in disciplines ranging from larval biology to sociology, making it a must-read for research and teaching faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Island Press; 1 edition (May 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559636629
• ISBN-13: 978-1559636629
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #498,810 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Addition to a Marine Ecologist/Biologists Library., May 28, 2009

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Best book I have come across to-date regarding conservation of marine biodiversity... Being a Marine ecologists means you always have to find the right book to use in teaching your students, and this book deals with many topics to be taught either on the graduate or postgraduate level. I highly recomend purchasing this book.