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1 online resource (xxv, 701 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Coasts and Estuaries: The Future; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Preface: Why This Book?; Chapter 1: A Synthesis: What Is the Future for Coasts, Estuaries, Deltas and Other Transitional Habitats in 2050 and Beyond?; 1 Introduction; 2 Setting the Scene: The DAPSI(W)R(M) Framework; 3 Current Status of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems; 3.1 Estuaries; 3.2 Deltas; 3.3 Wetlands, Lagoons, and Catchments; 3.4 Enclosed, Semienclosed, and Open Coasts; 3.5 Coral Reefs; 4 Quantifying Changes: The Need to Accommodate Moving Baselines |
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5 Changes to Stressors: The Input of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Pollutants and the Extraction of Biological Resources5.1 Dredging; 5.2 Legacy Pollution; 5.3 Invasive Species; 6 Additional Future Threats and Challenges; 6.1 Increasing Globalization and Human Population Growth; 6.2 Climate Change; 7 Tools and Approaches for the Management of New Changes; 7.1 Monitoring to Inform Management; 7.2 Environmental Impact Modeling to Guide Management; 7.3 Community Involvement and Culture; 7.4 National Planning; 7.5 International Water Governance; 7.6 Coastal Cities |
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7.7 Examples of Arguably the Earth's Last Pristine Catchment to Estuarine Ecosystems8 Changes to Stressors: Responses to Increasing Coastal Populations, Their Environment, and Infrastructure; 9 Sustainable Solutions; 10 Conclusions; References; Acknowledgment; Section A: Estuaries; Chapter 2: An Assessment of Saltwater Intrusion in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary, China; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Water Transfer Projects; 1.2 Three Gorges Dam: Changing Hydrology at Seasonal Scales; 1.3 Sea Level Rise; 2 Data Sources and Observation; 2.1 Discharge Variations; 2.2 Salinity Variations |
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2.3 Water Diversion2.4 Tide Level; 3 Discussions; 3.1 Freshwater Sources-Dry Season Shortage; 3.2 Salinity Distribution in Relation to Freshwater Availability; 3.3 Water Diversion-Present and Future Case; 3.4 Sea Level Rise-Equivalent to Increase in Salinity and Decrease in Discharge; 4 Future Scenarios; 5 The Way Forward; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 3: Río de la Plata: A Neotropical Estuarine System; 1 General Introduction; 1.1 Geographical and Morphological Features; 1.2 Biodiversity; 1.3 Management; 2 Major Anthropogenic Driving Forces at RDLP; 2.1 Food Supply |
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2.1.1 Agriculture and Livestock2.1.2 Fishing; 2.2 Marine Traffic; 3 Minor Drivers: Industry, Urbanization, and Tourism; 4 The Future of the RdlP Estuary; References; Chapter 4: Estuaries and Coastal Zones in the Northern Persian Gulf (Iran); 1 Geology and Geomorphology of the Persian Gulf; 2 Climatic Conditions and Recent Changes; 3 Hydrology and Circulation in the Persian Gulf; 4 Biodiversity of the Iranian Coastal Waters of the Persian Gulf; 4.1 Coral Reefs; 4.2 Mangrove Forests; 4.3 Phytoplankton Community; 4.4 Macrobenthic Community; 5 Anthropogenic Stresses in the Northern Persian Gulf |
| Summary |
Coasts and Estuaries: The Future provides valuable information on how we can protect and maintain natural ecological structures while also allowing estuaries to deliver services that produce societal goods and benefits. These issues are addressed through chapters detailing case studies from estuaries and coastal waters worldwide, presenting a full range of natural variability and human pressures. Following this, a series of chapters written by scientific leaders worldwide synthesizes the problems and offers solutions for specific issues graded within the framework of the socio-economic-environmental mosaic. These include fisheries, climate change, coastal megacities, evolving human-nature interactions, remediation measures, and integrated coastal management. The problems faced by half of the world living near coasts are truly a worldwide challenge as well as an opportunity for scientists to study commonalities and differences and provide solutions. This book is centered around the proposed DAPSI(W)R(M) framework, where drivers of basic human needs requires activities that each produce pressures. The pressures are mechanisms of state change on the natural system and Impacts on societal welfare (including well-being). These problems then require responses, which are the solutions relating to governance, socio-economic and cultural measures (Scharin et al 2016). |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed March 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Coastal ecology.
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Estuarine ecology.
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Écologie littorale.
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Écologie des estuaires.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Coastal ecology
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Estuarine ecology
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| Added Author |
Wolanski, Eric, editor.
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Day, John W., 1945- editor.
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Elliott, M. (Michael), 1952 November 3- editor.
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Ramesh, R. (Ramachandran), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coasts and estuaries. Amsterdam ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, 2019 (OCoLC)1088505428 |
| ISBN |
9780128140048 (electronic bk.) |
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0128140046 (electronic bk.) |
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9780128140031 |
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0128140038 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000065026020 |
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AU@ 000066135839 |
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AU@ 000068127977 |
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UKMGB 019212243 |
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