Mangrove Ecosystems

Function and Management
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-3-642-07585-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 487 g

Reihe: Environmental Science

Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi­ tion for survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of a dream or hope rather than a reality in the policy of our societies. Presently we are experiencing an unprecedented exponential growth of demography combined with a race for profit, resulting in excessive consumption particularly of en­ ergy, and a serious impact on the world ecosystems. Various types of pollutants and emerging new diseases not only disrupt the normal course of life, but also above this some of the atmospheric pollutants are most likely involved in the changing climate. We fear and literally shiver at the thought that the "changing climate" would ultimately disrupt the fragile thermodynamic equilibrium between the atmosphere and the oceans. Are we insensitive to these facts to the point of pushing our descendants, some genera­ tions ahead, into a new glacial period after a first period of warming up, at least, in northern Europe, like the one that took place 13 to 14 millennia ago? Surely the planet's nature is not prepared to be dominated by man and will go its way, whether humanity will be alive or dead.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Linneweber, Volker

Lacerda, Luiz Drude de

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 American Mangroves.- 2 Mangroves of Africa.- 3 Indo-West Pacific Mangroves.- 4 Mangrove Phenologies and the Factors Influencing Them in the Australasian Region.- 5 Integrated and Adaptive Mangrove Management Framework — an Action Oriented Option for the New Millennium.- References.- Taxonomic Index.