Coasts and estuaries : the future /: the future. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eric Wolanski, John W. Day, Mike Elliott, Ramachandran Ramesh.
• Editors: Wolanski, Eric; Day, John W, 1945-; Elliott, M (Michael), 1952 November 3; Ramesh, Ramachandran
• Contents: Contributors About the Editors Preface: Why This Book? 1. A Synthesis: What Is the Future for Coasts, Estuaries, Deltas and Other Transitional Habitats in 2050 and Beyond? Section A: Estuaries 2. An Assessment of Saltwater Intrusion in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary, China 3. Río De La Plata: A Neotropical Estuarine System 4. Estuaries and Coastal Zones in the Northern Persian Gulf (Iran) 5. Protecting Water Quality in Urban Estuaries: Australian Case Studies 6. Management of Megafauna in Estuaries and Coastal Waters: Moreton Bay as a Case Study 7. Peel-Harvey Estuary, Western Australia Section B: Deltas 8. Arctic Deltas and Estuaries: A Canadian Perspective 9. Delta Winners and Losers in the Anthropocene 10. Mississippi Delta Restoration and Protection: Shifting Baselines, Diminishing Resilience, and Growing Nonsustainability 11. Integrated Management of the Ganges Delta, India 12. The Indus Delta—Catchment, River, Coast, and People 13. A Brief Overview of Ecological Degradation of the Nile Delta: What We Can Learn 14. Status and Sustainability of Mediterranean Deltas: The Case of the Ebro, Rhône, and Po Deltas and Venice Lagoon Section C: Wetlands, Lagoons and Catchments 15. Coastal Lagoons: Environmental Variability, Ecosystem Complexity, and Goods and Services Uniformity 16. The Everglades: At the Forefront of Transition 17. Population Growth, Nutrient Enrichment, and Science-Based Policy in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed 18. The Senegal and Pangani Rivers: Examples of Over-Used River Systems Within Water-Stressed Environments in Africa 19. Damming the Mekong: Impacts in Vietnam and Solutions Section D: Enclosed, Semi-enclosed, and Open Coast 20. Baltic Sea: A Recovering Future From Decades of Eutrophication 21. The Black Sea—The Past, Present, and Future Status 22. Ecosystem Functioning and Sustainable Management in Coastal Systems With High Freshwater Input in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula Section E: Restoration of Estuaries 23. Restoration of Estuaries and Bays in Japan—What’s Been Done So Far, and Future Perspectives 24. Challenges of Restoring Polluted Industrialized Muddy NW European Estuaries 25. Can Bivalve Habitat Restoration Improve Degraded Estuaries? Section F: Coral Reefs 26. Successful Management of Coral Reef-Watershed Networks 27. Challenges and Opportunities in the Management of Coral Islands of Lakshadweep, India 28. The Future of the Great Barrier Reef: The Water Quality Imperative Section G: Over-Arching Topics 29. Estuarine Ecohydrology Modeling: What Works and Within What Limits? 30. Hypersalinity: Global Distribution, Causes, and Present and Future Effects on the Biota of Estuaries and Lagoons 31. Alien Species Invasion: Case Study of the Black Sea 32. Coastal Fisheries: The Past, Present, and Possible Futures 33. Temperate Estuaries: Their Ecology Under Future Environmental Changes 34. Plastic Pollution in the Coastal Environment: Current Challenges and Future Solutions 35. Changing Hydrology: A UK Perspective Section H: Management of Change 36. Global Change Impacts on the Future of Coastal Systems: Perverse Interactions Among Climate Change, Ecosystem Degradation, Energy Scarcity, and Population 37. Human-Nature Relations in Flux: Two Decades of Research in Coastal and Ocean Management 38. Megacities and the Coast: Global Context and Scope for Transformation 39. Arctic Coastal Systems: Evaluating the DAPSI(W)R(M) Framework
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.786; Estuarine ecology; Coastal ecology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128140048
• Related ISBNs: 9780128140031
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