Volume 2

Marine Ecology: An Ecosystemic View of Anthropogenic Impacts
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-45660-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 796 g

Reihe: Marine Science Series

Marine systems face a multitude of anthropogenic stressors such as climate change, recreational and commercial fishing, aquaculture practices, pollution, and coastal urbanization. These stressors exert escalating pressure on marine ecosystems, leading to noticeable changes in habitat conditions as well as alterations in the abundance and diversity of their communities. Understanding the impacts of these stressors proves challenging due to their interactions with various factors, such as species richness, environmental fluctuations, system openness, stressor tolerance, and the occurrence rate and intensity of each stressor. Therefore, a comprehensive analysis of the entire ecosystem is crucial. It is essential to consider the unique characteristics of each marine environment when assessing the cumulative stress that affects them. This book provides insights into the functioning of marine ecosystems and their responses to both natural and human-induced drivers within the framework of sustainable marine resource utilization. This book will make a valuable contribution to the scientific community, serving as a resource to inform decision-makers and the general public about the current state of knowledge regarding the marine environment and the human footprints on our seas.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Molina, Juan M.

Blasina, Gabriela E.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Series. Preface. MAJOR HUMAN IMPACTS ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Biological Communities. Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems. Options for Low-technology and/or Low-cost IMTA Systems. Organic Pollutants and Plastics Threatening the Ocean’s Health: An Urgent Issue. The Role of Driftwood in the Trapping of Plastics in Beach Environments. CHALLENGES IN PARTICULAR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. Sandy Shores: Highly Dynamic and Vulnerable Ecosystems. Anthropogenic Threats on Intertidal Rocky Shores: Impacts of Global and Local Stressors. Estuaries: Patterns and Trends on Ecosystem Structure and Functioning under Global Changes. An Ecosystem View of Anthropogenic Impacts in the Deep Ocean. TOOLS FOR TACKLING ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS. How can DNA Barcoding be Useful in the Conservation of Marine Organisms? The Tool Box for Mechanistic Understanding of Conservation Problems Facing Marine Wildlife. Ecosystem-based Governance for a Sustainable Blue Economy: Insights from Offshore Wind in Australia. Marine Ecosystem Restoration. Index. About the Editors.

Über Autor(innen)

Juan M. Molina is Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Zoology, Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture at Universidad Nacional del Sur, and also researcher at CONICET (National Research Council) in Argentina. His Ph.D. thesis focused on ecology and biology of fish assemblages. He was awarded an Emerging Leaders of the Americas to conduct a research collaboration in field physiology at Carleton University (Canada) as part of his doctoral studies. As postdoc, he was granted a POGO-SCOR visiting fellow to train in ecological modeling at Hokkaido University (Japan), an Endeavor’s Research Fellowship to conduct research on shark metabolism in Monash University (Australia) and an Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship to study climate change implications on fish metabolism at ZMT (Germany) and CCMAR (Portugal). His research revolves around studying fish responses to challenges from their environments and from human activity in order to understand how they deal with these different stressors.

Gabriela E. Blasina is Professor of Fisheries Resources at Universidad Nacional del Sur and Researcher at CONICET. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina) in 2013. Her Ph.D. thesis was based on biology and trophic ecology of estuarine fishes. Blasina’s postdoctoral training was completed at Universidad Nacional del Sur. She specialized in Fisheries at Universidad de Cadiz (España). Her professional development focuses on fisheries resources conservation, specifically on topics that cover aspects related to community composition and structure, trophic ecology, ecomorphology, growth and effects of anthropic impact on coastal and estuarine fish species.