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Biodiversity in the Marine Environment

  • A comprehensive review of the marine biodiversity status and trends

  • An analysis of the importance of marine biodiversity for human being and conservation

  • A perspective using marine sciences and social sciences for the development of integrated scenarios and policies

  • An analysis of research needs and priorities for biodiversity conservation and a sustainable development

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. The Importance of Marine Biodiversity

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 1-13
  3. The Impacts of Human Activities on Marine Biodiversity

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 15-20
  4. Status and Trends

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 21-84
  5. Conceptualising Biodiversity

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 85-94
  6. Measuring Biodiversity

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 95-111
  7. Drivers of Changes in Biodiversity and its Uses

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 113-128
  8. Integrated Scenarios and Policies

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 129-143
  9. Research Needs

    • Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber
    Pages 145-159
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-198

About this book

The oceans cover over 70% of our planet. They are host to a biodiversity of tremendous wealth. Its preservation is now a global priority featuring in several international conventions and a confirmed objective of European policies and national strategies. Understanding the dynamics and the uses of the marine biodiversity is a genuine scientific challenge. Fourteen international experts have got together and identified five priority research themes to address the problem, based on analysing the state of knowledge.

Keywords

  • Biodiversity
  • Drivers of change
  • Ecosystems
  • Endangered species
  • Impacts of human activities
  • Integrated scenarios
  • Marine environment
  • Status and trends
  • marine and freshwater sciences
  • Fish and Wildlife Biology

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This excellent review, translated from French, extends beyond the general subject of biodiversity to encompass a wealth of information that will be valuable for managing and conserving living marine resources. … this concise, well-written book will be useful as a textbook and as a reference work on marine biodiversity. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (J. C. Briggs, Choice, Vol. 52 (1), September, 2014)

Authors and Affiliations

  • DP2S Resp. Sc. Biodiversité, Marine Biodiversity Coordinator, Ifremer, Centre de l’Atlantique, Orvault, France

    Philippe Goulletquer

  • Ifremer, Plouzané, France

    Philippe Gros

  • Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls sur Mer, France

    Gilles Boeuf

  • Montigny le Bretonneux, France

    Jacques Weber

About the authors

Philippe Goulletquer, PhD in biological oceanography, is in charge of issues of marine and coastal biodiversity at Ifremer. He is a member of the scientific council on Natural heritage & biodiversity.

Philippe Gros, a highly qualified professor of biological sciences at the École normale supérieure, joined Ifremer in 1984. He was director of Living resources there.

Gilles Boeuf, holding a PhD in developmental biology, is a professor at Pierre & Marie Curie university and President of the National museum of natural history (MNHN).

Jacques Weber, an economist and anthropologist, research director at the Cirad, lecturer at the École des hautes études and Pierre & Marie Curie university, is vice-chairman of the French committee for Man and biosphere.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biodiversity in the Marine Environment

  • Authors: Philippe Goulletquer, Philippe Gros, Gilles Boeuf, Jacques Weber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8566-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: © Éditions Quæ, 2014 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8565-5Published: 06 March 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0265-0Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8566-2Published: 18 February 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Original French edition published by Éditions Quæ, Versailles, 2012. Jointly published with Éditions Quæ, Versailles, France

  • Topics: Biodiversity, Water, Sustainability, Conservation Biology, Animal Science, Society

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Softcover Book EUR 108.99
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