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World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation: Volume II: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific

World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation: Volume II: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific

by Charles Sheppard (Editor)

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    Paperback 2018

    $344.33
Synopsis

World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume Two: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific provides a comprehensive review of the environmental condition of the seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Each chapter is written by experts in the field who provide historical overviews in environmental terms, current environmental status, major problems arising from human use, informed comments on major trends, problems and successes, and recommendations for the future. The book is an invaluable worldwide reference source for students and researchers who are concerned with marine environmental science, fisheries, oceanography and engineering and coastal zone development.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 932
 Edition: 2
 Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 14 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 0081008538
ISBN 13: 9780081008539

Author Bio
Professor Charles Sheppard holds a half-time position of Professor in the School of Life Sciences at The University of Warwick, UK. The remainder of his time he works for a range of UN , Governmental and aid agencies in tropical marine and coastal development issues. He advises several governments on marine and coastal management and science, including the UK Government on its tropical Overseas Territories. He has organised and led the scientific input to the 2010 creation of the world's largest fully protected marine researce, in the Chagos archipelago, Indian Ocean, where a lot of his research has been focussed. The other main geographical area of research is the Arabian region. PhD University of Durham 1976.