Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109447 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Review
"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 )

About the Author
ELLIOTT A. NORSE is the founder and president of Marine Conservation Biology Institute in Redmond, Washington. His books include Global Marine Biological Diversity (Island Press, 1993).

LARRY B. CROWDER is Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology at Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Customer Reviews

Great Addition to a Marine Ecologist/Biologists Library.
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.