Coastal and Marine Environments

ISBN-13: 9781138339637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 365 str.

Yeqiao Wang

Opis

This volume introduces concepts and processes used in coastal and marine ecosystems management. As an excellent resource for finding basic knowledge on coastal erosion and shoreline change, and natural disasters, this new edition discusses sea level rise, renewable energy, fishery resource economics, costal remote sensing, and more.

Spis treści

Section I: Terrestrial Coastal Environment 1. Aquaculture 2. Aquaforests and Aquaforestry: Africa 3. Coastal and Estuarine Waters: Light Behavior 4. Coastal and Estuarine Waters: Optical Sensors and Remote Sensing 5. Coastal Environments 6. Coastal Erosion and Shoreline Change 7. Coastal Natural Disasters: Tsunamis on the Sanriku Coast 8. Coral Reef: Biology and History 9. Coral Reef: Ecology and Conservation 10. Fisheries: Conservation and Management 11. Mangrove Forests 12. Tourism Management: Marine and Coastal Recreation 13. Science Communication for Natural Resource Managers: Techniques and Examples in Marine Systems 14. Quantifying Reef Ecosystem Services Section II: Marine Environment 15. Archaeological Oceanography 16. Arctic Hydrology 17. Bathymetry: Assessment 18. Bathymetry: Features and Hypsography 19. Bathymetry: Seafloor Mapping History 20. Marine Benthic Productivity 21. Marine Mammals 22. Marine Protected Areas 23. Marine Resource Management 24. Maritime Transportation and Ports 25. Markets, Trade, and Seafood 26. Water Cycle: Ocean’s Role 27. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Coastal Transportation Infrastructure: A Sustainable Development Challenge for SIDS in the Caribbean and Beyond Section III: Coastal Change and Monitoring 28. Coastal Environments: Remote Sensing 29. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Seagrasses 30. Wetlands: Coastal, InSAR Mapping 31. A Hybrid Approach for Mapping Salt Marsh Vegetation 32. Remote Sensing of Coastal Wetlands of the Yellow River Delta Region 33. Coastal Change: Remote Sensing of Wetlands in Yangtze River Estuary 34. Remote Sensing of Mangrove Forests in an Environment of Global Change 35. Salt Marsh Mapping and Change Analysis: Remote Sensing 36. Tidal Effects in Salt Marsh Mapping: Remote Sensing

O autorze

Dr. Yeqiao Wang is a professor at the Department of Natural Resources Science, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island. He earned an MS and a PhD in natural resources management & engineering from the University of Connecticut. From 1995 to 1999, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been on the faculty of the University of Rhode Island since 1999. In addition to his tenured position, he held an adjunct research associate position at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He has also served as a guest professor and an adjunct professor at universities in the U.S. and China. Among his awards and recognitions, Dr. Wang was awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by former U.S. President Clinton in 2000. His research projects have been funded by multiple agencies such as NASA, USDA, USDI, USAID, among others, which supported his scientific studies in various regions of the U.S., in East and West Africa, and in various regions in China. Besides peer-reviewed journal publications, Dr. Wang edited Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments and Remote Sensing of Protected Lands published by CRC Press in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He has also authored and edited over 10 scientific books in Chinese.