Handbook on Marine Environment Protection

Handbook on Marine Environment Protection
Author: Markus Salomon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1001
Release: 2018-01-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319601563

This handbook is the first of its kind to provide a clear, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the most important scientific and management topics in marine environmental protection. Leading experts discuss the latest perspectives and best practices in the field with a particular focus on the functioning of marine ecosystems, natural processes, and anthropogenic pressures. The book familiarizes readers with the intricacies and challenges of managing coasts and oceans more sustainably, and guides them through the maze of concepts and strategies, laws and policies, and the various actors that define our ability to manage marine activities. Providing valuable thematic insights into marine management to inspire thoughtful application and further study, it is essential reading for marine environmental scientists, policy-makers, lawyers, practitioners and anyone interested in the field.

Marine Environmental Quality

Marine Environmental Quality
Author: Frederic Muttin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1786307588

Understanding marine pollution and the contamination of coastal environments requires knowledge from a variety of scientific fields. Marine Environmental Quality promotes a multidisciplinary approach to investigations, drawing on not only natural sciences, but also applied mathematics and social sciences. The investigations in this book focus on both organic and inorganic pollutants, firstly in a study conducted in the city of La Rochelle, on the North Atlantic French coast, then expanding the areas under examination to regions of English and Portuguese waters and, lastly, to the Mediterranean Sea. The improvement such research can bring to biomarkers, models and experiments enables equal progress in the quality of seawater in ports and protected areas of coastal regions. The eight chapters of Marine Environmental Quality present many aspects of this research, including experiments with floating barriers, water governance in various areas, sampling sites and sentinel species that act as biomarkers in harbors. Also covered are environmental commitments, both international and local, the risk that marine contamination poses to human health, experimental designs for interactions with microplastics and a study biomonitoring the juveniles of sentinel species. Such results will bring many benefits, to human health, to economic inclusion and to regional development.

Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation

Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation
Author: Daniel W. Beckman
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2013
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0763773506

"Written for the upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course, Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation provides an introduction to the environmental and anthropogenic threats facing the world's oceans and outlines the steps that can and should be taken to protect these vital habitats"--

Marine Debris

Marine Debris
Author: James M. Coe
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461384869

Marine debris is a global pollution problem affecting marine life, maritime commerce and environmental quality. Scientists, policymakers and the public must be knowledgeable about the source, impact and control efforts if effective solutions are to be developed. Marine Debris addresses the origin of persistent solid waste in the ocean, from urban and rural discharges to waste from ships and the recreational use of oceans. The book identifies key issues from biological, technological, economic and legal perspectives, and gives a framework for controlling each of the main sources of marine debris.

Marine Ecotoxicology

Marine Ecotoxicology
Author: Julián Blasco
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2016-08-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 012803372X

Marine Ecotoxicology: Current Knowledge and Future Issues is the first unified resource to cover issues related to contamination, responses, and testing techniques of saltwater from a toxicological perspective. With its unprecedented focus on marine environments and logical chapter progression, this book is useful to graduate students, ecotoxicologists, risk assessors, and regulators involved or interested in marine waters. As human interaction with these environments increases, understanding of the pollutants and toxins introduced into the oceans becomes ever more critical, and this book builds a foundation of knowledge to assist scientists in studying, monitoring, and making decisions that affect both marine environments and human health. A team of world renowned experts provide detailed analyses of the most common contaminants in marine environments and explain the design and purpose of toxicity testing methods, while exploring the future of ecotoxicology studies in relation to the world's oceans. As the threat of increasing pollution in marine environments becomes an ever more tangible reality, Marine Ecotoxicology offers insights and guidance to mitigate that threat. - Provides practical tools and methods for assessing and monitoring the accumulation and effects of contaminants in marine environments - Unites world renowned experts in marine ecotoxicology to deliver thorough and diverse perspectives - Builds the foundation required for risk assessors and regulators to adequately assess and monitor the impact of pollution in marine environments - Offers helpful insights and guidance to graduate students, ecotoxicologists, risk assessors, and regulators interested in mitigating threats to marine waters

Health of Our Oceans

Health of Our Oceans
Author: Canada. Marine Environmental Quality Advisory Group
Publisher: Dartmouth, N.S. : Marine Environmental Quality Advisory Group
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1991
Genre: Arctic Coast (Canada)
ISBN:

This report gives a perspective of national and international legislation and obligations; addresses the quality of Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic coasts and marine waters; presents an overview of Canada's marine environmental quality (MEQ) and identifies some next steps. The report focuses on threats to MEQ from toxic chemicals, industrial emissions, and anthropogenic physical changes.

Prevention of Pollution of the Marine Environment from Vessels

Prevention of Pollution of the Marine Environment from Vessels
Author: Md Saiful Karim
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2014-11-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3319106082

This book examines the role of The International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the prevention and control of pollution of the marine environment from vessels with a particular reference to the current north-south tensions regarding the strategy for combating climate change in the maritime sector as well as the prevention of marine pollution from the ship-breaking industry. The IMO, a United Nations specialized agency, has been entrusted with the duty to provide machinery for cooperation among governments for the prevention and control of pollution of the marine environment from vessels. The organization is responsible for drafting legal instruments as well as for facilitating technical cooperation for the protection of the marine environment. Although IMO legal instruments are mainly targeted at the prevention of pollution of the marine environment from vessels, there is a trend towards a liberal interpretation of this, and the organization has expanded its work to areas like shipbreaking, which is essentially a land-based industry.

The European Community and Marine Environmental Protection in the International Law of the Sea

The European Community and Marine Environmental Protection in the International Law of the Sea
Author: Veronica Frank
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 900415695X

This books offers a comprehensive and innovative picture of the Community's implementation of its international obligations in the field of the marine environment, looking at the participation of the EC and its member states in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other relevant agreements.