Product Description
Global Coastal Changeprovides a comprehensive overview of the environmental factors changing the marine systems of the world including atmospheric changes, sea level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment use and transport, toxins, overfishing, alien species, and eutrophication.

Includes case studies providing real-world examples, detailed reviews of the evidence of changes and possible solutions.
Brings together a wealth of important information about our changing marine environments.
An invaluable reference for upper level undergraduates, graduates, and professionals interested in marine environmental science.

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COASTING!!

Are you interested in environmental issues or are a researcher or student dealing with coastal matters? If you are, this book is for you! Authors Ivan Valielaand and Giuseppe Bertola, have written an outstanding book that reviews evidence of intensity and pervasiveness of effects, and recovery from the action of the major agents of change that are altering the diverse coastal habitats and populations of the world.

Valielaand and Bertola, begin by dealing with ecological changes driven by changing global atmospheric and climate alterations. Then, they address coastal change created by human use of water on land. Next, the authors cover human destruction of the various habitats that occupy the near-shore zones. The authors continue by dealing with toxic substances that humans add to coastal environments. In addition, they also deal with changes that humans force on coastal food webs, including nutrient additions, which alter ecosystems by effects that permeate up food webs and create pervasive effects, and human-driven alterations in the species composition of coastal environments. The authors also discuss information on a miscellany of other agents of environmental change. Finally, they address ways in which the agents of change and their effects interact; how the comparison of the various agents of change relate in terms of the intensity of the changes, the extensiveness of the effects, and, the possibility of recovery from the perturbations; and, how to assess the relative priorities placed on addressing the issues raised by this book.

The authors of this most excellent book also review the evidence of intensity and pervasiveness of effects, and recovery from the action of the major agents of change that are altering the diverse coastal habitats and populations of the world. More importantly, the authors try to assess the degree of change forced by human and non-human influences.
September 20, 2006

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