World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation

<p>1. The Mangrove Ecosystem <br>2. Global Status of Coral Reefs: In Combination, Disturbances and Stressors Become Ratchets <br>3. Status and Trends for the World’s Kelp Forests <br>4. Salt Marshes: Their Role in Our Society and Threats Posed to Their Existence <br>5. Remote Sensing for Marine Management <br>6. New Advances in Benthic Monitoring Technology and Methodology <br>7. Seabirds <br>8. Blooms of the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia: Causes, Consequences and Controls <br>9. European Protection of Fisheries in the North East Atlantic <br>10. Ghost Fishing <br>11. Far-Field and Near-Field Effects of Marine Aquaculture <br>12. The Making of a Global Marine Fisheries Catch Database for Policy Development <br>13. Ballast Water: Problems and Management <br>14. Debris in Deep Water <br>15. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Global Ocean <br>16. Microbial Remediation of Organic Pollutants <br>17. The Threats from Macroplastic Pollution on Marine Environment: An Analytical Overview <br>18. Marine Pollution by Microplastics: Environmental Contamination, Biological Effects, and Research Challenges <br>19. International Instruments for the Prevention of Marine Alien Invasive Species <br>20. Underwater Noise: Sources and Effects on Marine Life <br>21. Marine Oil Spills - Oil Pollution, Sources and Effects <br>22. Marine Oil Spills - Preparedness and Countermeasures <br>23. Threats to Seamount Ecosystems and Their Management <br>24. Dead Zones: Oxygen Depletion in Coastal Ecosystems <br>25. Marine Protected Areas: Attempting the Sustainability of the Seas <br>26. Shoreline Defenses <br>27. Environmental Effects of Marine Transportation <br>28. Collisions of Vessels with Cetaceans - The Underestimated Threat <br>29. Marine Protected Areas <br>30. Marine Spatial Planning <br>31. The Role of Ports in a Global Economy, Issues of Relevance and Environmental Initiatives <br>32. Molecular Approaches for an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network</p>