Status and Future of Large Marine Ecosystems of the Indian Ocean
Status and Future of Large Marine Ecosystems of the Indian Ocean

Author: Ezekiel Okemwa

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9782831702551

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This report signals a new approach to ocean monitoring and management that lays a solid base using the principles of ecology and sustainable development while transcending traditional geopolitical and disciplinary divisions. LMEs are relatively large regions, often including the territorial waters of more than one nation, thus making coordination of monitoring and management highly desirable.

World Atlas of Coral Reefs
World Atlas of Coral Reefs

Author: Mark Spalding

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9780520232556

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An up-to-date, detailed, and fully-illustrated account of the biodiversity and status of coral reefs.

Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia
Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia

Author: Catherine P. S. Cheung

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13:

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Marine protected areas in SE Asia were assessed and reviewed to analyze the increasing threats such as coastal development, collecting of endangered species, ornamental trading, over-exploitation, pollution, and tourism that lead to the depletion of the biodiversity resources of the marine protected areas in the region.

Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean
Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean

Author: T. R. McClanahan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000-10-12

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 0195125967

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Coral reefs are among Earth's most diverse, productive, and beautiful ecosystems, but until recently, their ecology and the means to manage them have been poorly understood and documented. In response to the inadequate information base for coral reefs, this book reviews the ecological and conservation status of coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean, bringing together presentations of the region's leading scientists and managers working on coral reefs.Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation starts with a general overview of the biogeography of the region and a historical account of attempts to conserve this ecosystem. It goes on to describe the state of the reefs in each of the countries with coral reefs, and it concludes with a series of management case studies.The book also summarizes most of the existing ecological information on reefs in this region and efforts at management, making it useful for students, teachers, and investigators interested in tropical or marine ecology, conservation biology and management, and environmental sciences.