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Format: 1 online resource (240 pages)

ISBN: 9780323856140

Note: Intro -- Coastal Habitat Conservation: New Perspectives and Sustainable Development of Biodiversity in the Anthropocene -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Impacts, evolution, and changes of pressure on marine ecosystems in recent times. Toward new emerging and unfore ... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Traditional impacts on marine ecosystems: Past, present, and future -- 2.1 Overexploitation -- 2.2 Marine pollution -- 2.3 Coastal destruction -- 2.4 Nonindigenous species -- 2.5 Climate change -- 3 New emerging impacts within the Anthropocene: Is really a sustainable development being achieved? -- 3.1 Global warming and marine heat waves -- 3.2 Acidification -- 3.3 Plastics -- 4 What we know and what we don't know -- 5 Where are we going in marine conservation? -- References -- Chapter 2 Marine area-based conservation in the context of global change: Advances, challenges, and opportunities, with a ... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolution and advances in marine area-based conservation -- 2.1 Marine protected areas (MPAs) -- 2.2 Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) -- 2.3 Marine spatial planning -- 3 The pressing need for ecosystem-based monitoring and integration of climate change -- 3.1 Ecosystem-based monitoring for ecosystem-based management -- 3.2 Integration of climate change -- 4 Challenges and opportunities in marine area-based conservation: The Mediterranean as showcase -- 4.1 Main challenges impeding effective marine area-based conservation -- 4.2 Opportunities to innovate in marine area-based conservation -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 3 Coastal urbanization, an issue for marine conservation -- 1 Proliferation and impacts of artificial shorelines -- 1.1 The development of artificial shorelines around the world. , 1.2 Ecological impacts of artificial shorelines: Threats and lessons from the last decades -- 2 Lessons from actual infrastructures, new ecological engineering and management tools for the mitigation of ecological ... -- 2.1 Ecological status of highly modified water bodies (HMWB): Marinas as case study -- 2.2 Coastal strategies and new technologies for confronting pollution -- 2.3 The importance of substrata complexity and microhabitats diversity -- 2.4 The role of the materials used for coastal marine constructions -- 2.5 Restoration of natural shorelines as a strategy for coastal protection -- 2.6 Risks and opportunities for the conservation of local biodiversity and threatened species: The usefulness of new app ... -- 3 A social perspective -- 3.1 Ecosystem and cultural services provided by organisms living on artificial structures -- 3.2 The socioeconomic benefits of healthy marine ecosystems in heavily urbanized areas -- References -- Chapter 4 Marine bioinvasions in the Anthropocene: Challenges and opportunities -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aims and scope of the chapter -- 1.2 The invasion process -- 1.3 Synergies with other global change drivers -- 2 Global vectors, transport hubs -- 3 Invasive species impacts -- 3.1 From species to ecosystem services -- 3.2 Uncertainties and challenges for predicting impacts -- 4 Early detection and monitoring -- 4.1 Tools to improve resolution and cost effectiveness -- 4.2 Prioritizing strategies and strategic areas for long-term monitoring -- 5 Management of marine biological invasions -- 5.1 Reducing and preventing invasions -- 5.1.1 Regulated and yet unregulated vectors -- 5.1.2 Recommendations for improving policy and management actions for preventing invasions -- 5.1.3 The importance of the social dimension for preventing invasions -- 5.2 Managing established invasions. , 5.2.1 Protocols for selecting and prioritizing feasible actions -- 5.2.2 Recommendations for improving policy and management actions for established invasions -- 5.2.3 The importance of the social dimension for established invasions -- 6 Concluding remarks and future directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Aquaculture and conservation -- 1 Aquaculture as alternative to sea overexploitation -- 2 Impacts of aquaculture -- 2.1 Organic and nutrient enrichment associated with aquaculture facilities -- 2.1.1 Impacts on the sediment -- 2.1.2 Impacts in the water column -- 2.2 Impact of fish escape on natural populations -- 2.2.1 Escapes from coastal and offshore facilities -- 2.2.2 Ecological impacts of fish escapes -- 2.2.3 Socioeconomic impacts of fish escapes -- 2.2.4 Management of fish escapes -- 2.3 Controversy in the use of alien species and genetically improved organisms in aquaculture -- 2.3.1 Alien species -- 2.3.2 Genetically improved organisms -- 2.4 Fish viral infections relevant to marine aquaculture -- 3 Strategies to reduce negative impact of aquaculture in the context of conservation biology -- 3.1 Development of integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) -- 3.2 Amphipods as promising resource to reduce the impact of eutrophication in aquaculture -- 4 Relevance of ornamental species aquaculture for marine conservation -- 4.1 The need for cultured specimens -- 4.2 The trade in species and the implication for conservation aquaculture -- 4.3 Social implications of aquarium hobby: A psychological perspective -- 4.3.1 Participation in the marine aquarium hobby -- 4.3.2 Specific motivating factors to hobby aquaculture -- Socially modulated motivation -- Challenge meets skill -- Niches -- 5 Conservation aquaculture of endangered species. , 5.1 Using aquaculture to relieve pressure on endangered aquatic species -- 5.2 Using aquaculture to enhance populations of endangered species -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Conservation of dark habitats -- 1 Vulnerable dark and low-light marine habitats: Out-of-sight communities at risk -- 2 Technical advances -- 3 Remarkable habitats -- 3.1 Submarine caves -- 3.2 Coralligenous outcrops -- 3.3 Maërl beds -- 3.4 Deep-sea habitats dominated by sponges -- 3.5 Gorgonian and black coral gardens -- 3.6 Brachiopod and crinoid beds -- 4 Threats and pressures -- 4.1 Direct and indirect effects of climate change -- 4.2 Coastal pollution and urbanization -- 4.3 Alien species -- 4.4 Fishing and harvesting activities -- 4.5 Scuba diving -- 4.6 Mining industry -- 5 Conservation strategies -- 5.1 Legal protection -- 5.2 Management of commercial activities -- 5.3 Monitoring tools -- 5.4 Active ecological restoration -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 The ecological restoration: A way forward the conservation of marine biodiversity -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Chapter objectives -- 2 Ecological restoration: A way forward -- 2.1 Ecosystem trajectory under natural and man-made influences -- 2.2 The possible actions to place a site or an ecosystem onto desirable trajectory -- 2.3 Why can we conduct restoration work now? -- 2.3.1 Current regulations and emerging attitude -- 2.3.2 Existing solutions -- 2.3.3 Resources and costs -- 3 Restoration for tomorrow's society? -- 3.1 Results of a successful ecological restoration initiatives -- 3.1.1 Nursery habitats in harbor -- 3.1.2 Artificial reef -- 3.1.3 Seagrass transplant -- 3.1.4 PCC-R-based fish enhancement -- 3.1.5 Endangered species translocation: The example of the Patella ferruginea limpet and corals -- 3.2 The crucial role of science/knowledge. , 3.3 Toward a new economic sector -- 4 Challenges and opportunities in using ecological restoration to address global biodiversity targets -- 5 Conclusions and recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- References -- Chapter 8 Public engagement and its challenging role in conservation and monitoring -- 1 Public engagement in marine conservation efforts: A new paradigm -- 1.1 Citizen science vs participatory activities -- 1.2 Diving sector as protagonist in marine citizen science -- 2 Spaces between conservation science and policy: New approaches to embrace -- 2.1 Inclusiveness fails when there is an underappreciation of values in social research -- 2.2 Learning the tools, methods, and thinking to incorporate transdisciplinarity in marine conservation -- 2.3 Inclusion of stakeholders from early stages -- 2.4 Focus on impact evaluation and learning from failure -- 3 Implication of boundary organizations in management of marine areas -- 3.1 Nonprofit organizations as gearing between environmental management and society -- 3.2 Other private entities in conservation projects -- 4 Examples of participatory initiatives for conservation of marine ecosystems -- 4.1 A citizen science initiative for seagrass conservation: POSIMED-Andalucía -- 4.1.1 The seagrass P. oceanica -- 4.1.2 How POSIMED-Andalucía network works -- 4.1.3 Sampling methodology -- 4.1.4 Validation systems -- 4.1.5 Validation analysis -- 4.1.6 Main findings within POSIMED project -- 4.1.7 Conclusions -- 4.2 Participatory activities related to marine litter -- 4.2.1 Citizen participation in Spain in beach cleanups. From volunteering to citizen science. An example of success -- 4.2.2 Microplastics, a new challenge in participation activities -- 4.2.3 An integral study of marine litter in a marine protected area with society participation. , 4.2.4 Marine debris and its relation to coral conservation in the Mediterranean Sea: "SOS REDES-Alborán" initiative.

Additional Edition: Print version: Espinosa, Free Coastal Habitat Conservation San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology,c2023 ISBN 9780323856133

Language: English