Strategic Management of Marine Ecosystems: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Strategic Management of Marine Ecosystems, Nice, France (Paperback)

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Disturbance of Marine Ecosystems: Problems and Solutions. 1.1. Meta-analysis of the radioactive pollution of the ocean; A.V. Yablokov. 1.2. Marine protected areas: a tool for coastal areas management; C. F. Boudouresque et al. 1.3. Damage control in the coastal zone: improving water quality by harvesting aquaculture derived nutrients; D.L. Angel et al. 1.4. A modular strategy for recovery and management of biomass yields in large marine ecosystems; K. Sherman. 1.5. Express methods of nondestructive control for physiological state of algae; T.V.Parshikova. 2. Modeling Approaches and Mathematical Foundations of Environmental Management. 2.1. Strategic management of ecological systems: a supply chain perspective; E. Levner and J.-M. Proth. 2.2. Modelling the environmental impacts of marine aquaculture; W. Silvert. 2.3. Adressing uncertainty in marine ecosystems modeling; L. Morissette. 2.5. Environmental games and queue models; C.S. Tapiero. 2.5. Computational complexity of modeling ecosystems; V. Naidenko et al. Chapter 3. Policy/Stakeholder Process in Marine Ecosystem Management. 3.1. Performance metrics for oil spill response, recovery, and restoration: a critical review and agenda for research; T.P. Seager et al. 3.2. The challenges to safety in the east mediterranean: mathematical modeling and risk management of marine ecosystems; K. Atoyev. 3.3. Strategic management of marine ecosystems using whole-ecosystem simulation modelling: the ‘back to the future’ policy approach; T.J. Pitcher et al. Chapter 4. Management of Contaminated Sediments: Example of Integrated Management Approach. 4.1. Towards using comparative risk assessment to manage contaminated sediments; T. Bridges et al. 4.2. Multi-criteria decision analysis: a framework for managing contaminated sediments; I. Linkov et al. 4.3. Barriers to adoption of novel environmental technologies: contaminated sediments; T.P. Seager and K.H. Gardner. Index of Authors.