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Biodiversity in the Marine Environment

Autor Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2016
The oceans cover over 70% of our planet. They are host to a biodiversity of tremendous wealth. Its preservation is now a global priority featuring in several international conventions and a confirmed objective of European policies and national strategies. Understanding the dynamics and the uses of the marine biodiversity is a genuine scientific challenge. Fourteen international experts have got together and identified five priority research themes to address the problem, based on analysing the state of knowledge.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789402402650
ISBN-10: 9402402659
Pagini: 219
Ilustrații: XXI, 198 p. 75 illus., 71 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Editura: SPRINGER NETHERLANDS
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Dordrecht, Netherlands

Cuprins

Acknowledgements.- Foreword.- Introduction.- The importance of marine biodiversity.- Key features.- Hierarchical components.- The impacts of human activities on marine biodiversity.- The strategic values of research.- Status and trends.- How many marine species are there?.- Taxonomic records.- Cryptic species.- The DNA barcode.- The drive to identify new species.- The "taxonomic impediment".- Species under pressure.- Extinct species.- Endangered species.- Ecosystems under pressure: the deep sea.- Spatial patterning of characteristics.- Temporal patterns.- Conceptualising biodiversity.- Conceptual frameworks for relationships between biodiversity and human societies.- Choice of model framework.- Measuring biodiversity.- Biodiversity as a macroscopic descriptor in the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).- Drivers of changes in biodiversity and its uses.- Environmental drivers: a working framework.- Integrated scenarios and policies.- Policies and decision support.- Developing scenarios.- Quantitative methods, models and integrated assessment.- Research needs.- The framework: environmental research.- Naturalistic dimensions.- Human dimensions of research.- Developing modelling: a summarising approach.- Sources.- References.- Databases.- Abbreviations and acronyms.- Group of experts.

Recenzii

From the book reviews:
“This excellent review, translated from French, extends beyond the general subject of biodiversity to encompass a wealth of information that will be valuable for managing and conserving living marine resources. … this concise, well-written book will be useful as a textbook and as a reference work on marine biodiversity. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (J. C. Briggs, Choice, Vol. 52 (1), September, 2014)

Notă biografică

Philippe Goulletquer, PhD in biological oceanography, is in charge of issues of marine and coastal biodiversity at Ifremer. He is a member of the scientific council on Natural heritage & biodiversity.

Philippe Gros, a highly qualified professor of biological sciences at the École normale supérieure, joined Ifremer in 1984. He was director of Living resources there.
Gilles Boeuf, holding a PhD in developmental biology, is a professor at Pierre & Marie Curie university and President of the National museum of natural history (MNHN).
Jacques Weber, an economist and anthropologist, research director at the Cirad, lecturer at the École des hautes études and Pierre & Marie Curie university, is vice-chairman of the French committee for Man and biosphere.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Oceans cover more than 70% of earth and host a largely unknown marine biodiversity critical for future human beings. An improved knowledge of marine biodiversity at various scales (from genes to ecosystems) is required to facilitate building integrated scenarios and policies for a sustainable development as well as its conservation. Understanding species interactions, ecosystem functioning and dynamics, as well as biodiversity uses is presently a scientific challenge. Conservation of marine biodiversity is now a worldwide priority emphasized by several international conventions (UN, CBD..) and a key target for European policies and national strategies. This book provides a comprehensive review of the status and trends of marine biodiversity, an impact assessment of human activities and suggests a conceptual framework for relationships between biodiversity and human societies. Further research needs and priorities are identified to sustain the development of integrated scenarios and policies, considering a sustainable development as well as biodiversity conservation. The book is the product of a collective scientific expertise based upon international experts originating from social, biological and ecological sciences.       

Caracteristici

A comprehensive review of the marine biodiversity status and trends An analysis of the importance of marine biodiversity for human being and conservation A perspective using marine sciences and social sciences for the development of integrated scenarios and policies An analysis of research needs and priorities for biodiversity conservation and a sustainable development Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras