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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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.
List of contents
1. The Arabian Gulf
2. Oman
3. The Red Sea
4. The Northern Mozambique Channel
5. South Africa
6. Madagascar
7. The Sundarban Delta Complex
8. The Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Southern India
9. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
10. The Maldives Archipelago
11. British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)
12. Seas of Mauritius
13. French Territories in the Western Indian Ocean
14. The North-Western Margin of Australia
15. Australia's Great Barrier Reef
16. Taiwan
17. The Bohai Sea
18. The Yellow Sea
19. The Coast of Vietnam: Present Status and Future Challenges for Sustainable Development
20. The West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
21. Java Island, Indonesia
22. Thailand
23. The Philippines
24. Singapore
25. Sulawesi Seas, Indonesia
26. The Spratly Islands
27. New Caledonia
28. The Samoan Archipelago
29. Current Status of the US Military Atolls in the Pacific: Johnston and Wake
30. Tonga
31. The Coral Sea
32. Tuvalu
33. The Hawaiian Archipelago
34. The Pitcairn Islands
35. Fiji: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
36. Nauru
37. Kiribati: Atolls and Marine Ecosystems
38. French Polynesia
39. Solomon Islands: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
40. Western New Guinea: Papua and West Papua Provinces of Indonesia
