Artificial Habitats for Marine and Freshwater Fisheries (Hardcover)

Artificial habitats have been used for centuries to successfully modify environments for the benefit of Man. In the aquatic environment, the use of artificial habitat technologies is of growing interest worldwide. Opportunities exist in both developed and developing nations to apply these technologies in many areas, including classical scientific investigations of ecosystem structure and function, engineering advances in underwater technology, and fisheries and environmental management.
The applications of artificial habitat technologies are taking on ever greater economic, social, and environmental importance globally, not only in developed countries such as Japan where highly sophisticated technologies are used, but also in developing nations, where lower cost practices are in use. There is growing pressure to increase production, while at the same time preserve or enhance the environments and ecosystems surrounding fisheries.
This book provides a comprehensive review of the facts, issues, and global trends emerging regarding the use of artificial habitats in aquatic ecosystems. It presents the most recent scientific advances in ecology and engineering technologies related to the building of artificial habitats, and it also presents many of the fisheries management and socioeconomic and environmental issues.
Artificial Habitats for Marine and Freshwater Fisheries will be of interest to a broad audience including natural resource scientists, planners, and managers, particularly those interested in aquatic and fisheries science and management; organizations and individuals interested in commercial and recreational fishing; ecologists; environmental economists, engineers, lawyers, and social scientists; and geographers.
Key Features
* Presents a global scope
* Draws together, for the first time, disparate literature
* Contains contributions by authors in the United States and Japan
* Features engineering chapters that focus on Japanese advanced technology often not available to the English language audience

General

Imprint:	Academic Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1991
First published:	October 1991
Editors:	William Seaman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	267
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-634345-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Hydrobiology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-12-634345-4
Barcode:	9780126343458

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