Coastal ecosystems : experiences and recommendations for environmental monitoring programs / María Teresa Sebastiá, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sebastiá, María Teresa, editor.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental Science, Engineering, and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal ecology.

Environmental monitoring.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this book is to assist environmental authorities and technicians in the design of effective environmental monitoring programs.Consensus exists that any good management program must be able to distinguish between natural variability and changes induced by anthropogenic activities. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to implement continuous monitoring programs. Sampling design is critical for the success of these programs due to the high spatio-temporal variability of coastal ecosystems. No potential sources of pollution should be neglected in sampling design, such as submarine grou

Contents:

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS: EXPERIENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS: EXPERIENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: Anthropocentric Bias in Management Policies. Are we Efficiently Monitoring our Ecosystems? ; INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: Environmental Marine Monitoring Strategies and Coastal Ecosystem Management: Matching Science with Policy ; ABSTRACT; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; 1. COASTAL PRESSURES WORLDWIDE

2. MARINE MONITORING STRATEGIES3. COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND BEACH MONITORING; 4. MARINE MONITORING: SCIENCE FOR POLICY; 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: THE CONTRIBUTION OF MONITORING; 6. MATCHING SCIENCE AND POLICY: FOUR INTERACTING ESTATES; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: Strategies to Increase the Impact and Effectiveness of Long-term Marine Monitoring Programs ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: Phytoplankton Blooms: New Initiative using Marine Optics as a Basis for Monitoring Programs ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

METHODSRESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Monitoring Heterogeneous and Quick-Changing Environments: Coping with Spatial and Temporal Scales of Variability in Coastal Lagoons and Transitional Waters ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; VARIABILITY IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; FROM THE ESTUARY TO THE SEA; IMPACT SOURCES AND STRESSORS IN COASTAL LAGOONS AND ESTUARIES; DESIGNING MONITORING PROGRAMMES TO DETECT CHANGES AND HUMAN IMPACTS IN A HETEROGENEOUS AND CHANGING WORLD; SAMPLING DESIGNS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 6: Monitoring Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Coastal Ecosystems ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; NATURAL RA AND RN ISOTOPES AS GROUNDWATER TRACERS; CASE STUDY: MONITORING SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE IN A COASTAL ZONE IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: Evaluation of Pollution Effects in Marine Organisms: "Old" and "New Generation" Biomarkers ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TOXIC EFFECT AND DETOXIFICATION MECHANISMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT ON ORGANISMS; BIOINDICATOR ORGANISMS; BIOMARKERS: DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION

METALLOTHIONEINSACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; OTHER PROTEIN BIOMARKERS; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES; IMMUNOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS; BIOMARKERS OF GENOTOXICITY; BEHAVIOURAL BIOMARKERS; OMICS BIOMARKERS: A "NEW GENERATION"; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: Inappropriate Urban Waste Water Discharges: Unnoticed in Monitoring Programs? ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CASE STUDY: GULF OF VALENCIA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-189-0