During the last few decades, accelerated demographic growth and increasing economic demands have caused a decline in the seemingly limitless natural resources of the coast and sea of the southwestern Atlantic. The book provides a comprehensive appraisal of this complex marine ecosystem and an assessment of its sustainable exploitation.
Ulrich Seeliger
Coast Meeresbiologie Ocean Schelf Southwestern Atlantic Südwest Atlantik continental shelf ecosystem environment marine marine biology marines subtropical convergence subtropische Konvergenz Ökosystem
From the reviews:
“The general understanding of coastal and marine ecosystems like coasts and seas themselves is continuously evolving. … The authors of this book have made an attempt to synthesize the rapidly expanding database … . will be useful to many different readers including ecologists and other scientists, resource managers, students and interested laypersons. … This book is based upon an enormous body of original literature and individual contributions of hithertoo unpublished data authored by many scientists for extracting the pertinent information.” (Entomologia Generalis, Vol. 32 (1), 2009)
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