World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation
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World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation

Volume II: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific

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eBook - ePub

World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation

Volume II: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific

About this book

World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume Two: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific provides a comprehensive review of the environmental condition of the seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Each chapter is written by experts in the field who provide historical overviews in environmental terms, current environmental status, major problems arising from human use, informed comments on major trends, problems and successes, and recommendations for the future. The book is an invaluable worldwide reference source for students and researchers who are concerned with marine environmental science, fisheries, oceanography and engineering and coastal zone development. - Covers regional issues that help countries find solutions to environmental decline that may have already developed elsewhere - Provides scientific reviews of regional issues, thus empowering managers and policymakers to make progress in under-resourced countries and regions - Includes comprehensive maps and updated statistics in each region covered

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780081008539
Edition
2
eBook ISBN
9780128052037
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Science
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Introduction to World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation
  7. Chapter 1: The Arabian Gulf
  8. Chapter 2: Oman
  9. Chapter 3: The Red Sea
  10. Chapter 4: The Northern Mozambique Channel
  11. Chapter 5: South Africa
  12. Chapter 6: Madagascar
  13. Chapter 7: The Sundarban Delta Complex
  14. Chapter 8: The Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Southern India
  15. Chapter 9: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  16. Chapter 10: The Maldives Archipelago
  17. Chapter 11: British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)
  18. Chapter 12: Seas of Mauritius
  19. Chapter 13: French Territories in the Western Indian Ocean
  20. Chapter 14: The North-Western Margin of Australia
  21. Chapter 15: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
  22. Chapter 16: Taiwan
  23. Chapter 17: The Bohai Sea
  24. Chapter 18: The Yellow Sea
  25. Chapter 19: The Coast of Vietnam: Present Status and Future Challenges for Sustainable Development
  26. Chapter 20: The West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
  27. Chapter 21: Java Island, Indonesia
  28. Chapter 22: Thailand
  29. Chapter 23: The Philippines
  30. Chapter 24: Singapore
  31. Chapter 25: Sulawesi Seas, Indonesia
  32. Chapter 26: The Spratly Islands
  33. Chapter 27: New Caledonia
  34. Chapter 28: The Samoan Archipelago
  35. Chapter 29: Current Status of the US Military Atolls in the Pacific: Johnston and Wake
  36. Chapter 30: Tonga
  37. Chapter 31: The Coral Sea
  38. Chapter 32: Tuvalu
  39. Chapter 33: The Hawaiian Archipelago
  40. Chapter 34: The Pitcairn Islands
  41. Chapter 35: Fiji: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
  42. Chapter 36: Nauru
  43. Chapter 37: Kiribati: Atolls and Marine Ecosystems
  44. Chapter 38: French Polynesia
  45. Chapter 39: Solomon Islands: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
  46. Chapter 40: Western New Guinea: Papua and West Papua Provinces of Indonesia
  47. Index

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