Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts, Second Edition explores the inextricably interconnected and complex relationship between oceans and humans. Through the lens of the expanding oceans and human health meta-discipline, this work examines the many invaluable ecosystem services offered by oceans as well as the global anthropogenic impacts, and explores the associated risks and benefits to human health. Written and edited by an interdisciplinary team of experts, the book features international perspectives on the resources available to address these benefits and risks, including enhanced research, policy, and community engagement. The book concludes by examining the future of ocean stewardship and how global populations can unite to nurture and promote our life-enhancing relationship with oceans. This is an indispensable resource for students, researchers, communities, and industry specialists in marine sciences, public health, and international policy.- Addresses benefits, opportunities, risks, and impacts resulting from the relationship between oceans and humans, informed by more than 100 international authors- Identifies and links necessary tools to relevant disciplines for action, and provides illustrative international case studies- Covers scientific, socioeconomic, political, and ethical analyses behind the latest ocean and human health research- Provides study questions and horizon scans at the end of each chapter to encourage individual thought and action, offering a resource for course instructors, students, and communities

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Publisher

Academic Press

Year

2023

eBook ISBN

9780323952286

Edition

Topic

Biological Sciences

Subtopic

Public Health, Administration & Care

Index

Biological Sciences

Cover
Front Matter
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Front cover image caption
Back cover caption photo of Earth as water
Contributors
Editors biographies
Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Chapter 1 : Overview of Oceans and Human Health
Chapter 2 : The role of marine protected areas (MPAs) in providing ecosystem services to improve ocean and human health
Chapter 3 : Culture and historic value as ways of understanding complex human health-ocean linkages
Chapter 4 : Food from the ocean
Chapter 5 : Medicines from the sea
Chapter 6 : Marine biotechnology: A One Health approach to linking life on land to life underwater
Chapter 7 : Contributions of marine invertebrates to our understanding of human health and disease
Chapter 8 : Contact with marine blue spaces for human health and well-being
Chapter 9 : Ocean ecosystem degradation and human populations
Chapter 10 : Climate change and the ocean
Chapter 11 : Harmful algal blooms cause ocean illnesses affecting human health
Chapter 12 : Emerging microbial contaminants in the ocean
Chapter 13 : Chemical pollution and the ocean
Chapter 14 : Plastic pollution in the Global South: Exploring social, behavioral, and structural factors
Chapter 15 : Radiation and the ocean
Chapter 16 : Estimating the impact of oceans on human health: The value of taking a burden of disease approach
Chapter 17 : The people of the seas and the seas of the people
Chapter 18 : Ocean sectors: Case studies of human activity in the Ocean-based economy
Chapter 19 : Observing and monitoring the ocean
Chapter 20 : Monitoring and measuring human health and well-being
Chapter 21 : Ocean law, policies, and regulation
Chapter 22 : Community engagement for ocean and human health
Chapter 23 : Horizon scan of oceans and human health
Chapter 24 : Oceans and human health stewardship, literacy, and citizenship
List of Figures and Tables
Index
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