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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"marine management"”.
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Marine biological valuation as a decision support tool for marine management
Marine environments are currently experiencing intense pressures from both natural and anthropogenic impacts. Marine policy makers are therefore searching new ways to manage the sea in a sustainable way. This thesis describes the development and application of a biological instrument that can be …
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A Critical evaluation of the application of marine citizenship in sustainable marine management in the UK.
Traditionally, governance of the marine1 environment has been state driven dominated by a top-down approach to management. Recently, however, management has evolved into a more participatory, bottom up regime in an aim to address the historical failures associated with traditional marine …
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The effectiveness of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for mapping and monitoring the seabed – a novel toolkit for marine management
… This places a greater requirement for the marine environment, including its diverse habitats and ecosystems, to be managed appropriately. Underpinning all marine management is a baseline knowledge of the physical and biological components of the benthic environment. The usual method of …
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Traditional Marine Management Systems in Northwest California: The Archaeology and Implications of Indigenous Stewardship Practices for Modern Marine Conservation and Restoration
Traditional Marine Management Systems (TMMSs) represent deeply intertwined frameworks of ecological stewardship and cultural heritage rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems, socio-cultural practices, and socio-economic relationships within marine ecosystems. These systems have endured over …
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Irish Sea : a socio-ecological system
… approach to sustainable use and conservation in marine management. At the same time there has been a growing recognition that ecosystem management involves coupled, complex socio-ecological systems which are inherently unpredictable due to the non-linear nature of their construction. The diverse …
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Pātangaroa: Co-developing management strategies for a starfish outbreak in Ōhiwa Harbour
The management of marine environments often prioritises scientific information to address complex marine social-ecological issues. However, there is a wealth of learning to be gained from Indigenous people who have generated place-based intergenerational understandings and cultural ethics and …
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Distribution of epifauna in offshore benthic environments along the west and south coast of South Africa
Marine unconsolidated sediments, such as sand, gravel and muds, constitute the most extensive benthic ecosystems globally. Biological data for these ecosystems are frequently sparse which can hinder the success and implementation of marine management strategies for benthic ecosystems. There are …
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Restoring and valuing global kelp forest ecosystems
… world’s coastline and are the largest biogenic marine habitat on earth. Across their distribution, kelp forests are essential for the healthy functioning of marine ecosystems and consequently underpin many of the benefits coastal societies receive from the ocean. Concurrently, rising sea …
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E pluribus unum: what individual whales can tell us about enigmatic species distribution and social organization
… social behavior and ecology that should inform marine management strategies in the region.
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Observational studies of scatterometer ocean vector winds in the presence of dynamic air-sea interactions
… to aiding in rescue operations and helping marine management services, and even mapping energy resources. However, a scatterometer does not in fact measure wind directly; received radar backscatter is proportional to the roughness of the ocean's surface, which is primarily modified by wind …
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Resetting marine environmental baselines for the United Kingdom: what have we really lost?
… data on fish stocks now used to inform fisheries management began only a few decades ago, however, these data do not provide a true picture of change as commercial fishing began many centuries earlier. Historical information such as that found within old photographs, naturalists’ records, witness …
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Marine spatial planning and the transition to a low carbon economy: a critical evaluation of the UK approach
… carbon economy is particularly pertinent in the marine environment, comprising a range of measures (e.g. area-based conservation, and spatial planning) and activities including offshore wind deployment, habitat restoration, and technological innovation (e.g. electric ships). Facilitating the low …