Large Marine Ecosystems of the Indian Ocean: Assessment, Sustainability and Management FROM THE PUBLISHER
Coastal resources of developed and developing nations are being adversely affected by human activities and environmental degradation, and the fate of the Indian Ocean is no exception. In an effort to improve the current state of this important large marine ecosystem (LME) and to prevent future damage, a symposium on the status and future of LMEs of the Indian Ocean was held in Kenya by marine experts from the region. It was organized to review results from various studies including reports on the Somali Current, the Agulhas Current, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and a number of other LMEs, representing contributions from 19 countries. The studies in this book were selected from among those presented at the symposium and have been peer reviewed.
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A selection of 25 peer-reviewed papers from a 1993 conference in Mombasa, Kenya that focused on the status and future of the ecosystems. They describe strategies for assessing ecosystem change, report on studies of the pelagic domains of the region, provide six case studies encompassing a broad spectrum of issues, and look at what needs to be done to support the long-tern sustainability of coastal resources. Some focus on internal phenomena and mechanisms while other explore interactions with neighboring regions or global processes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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