Coastal fluxes in the anthropocene : the land-ocean interactions in the coastal zone project of the international geosphere-biosphere programme / Christopher J. Crossland [and others].
- Published:
- Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2005]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2005
- Physical Description:
- xix, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
- Series:
- Contents:
- THE COASTAL ZONE - A DOMAIN OF GLOBAL INTERACTIONS: What is the Coastal Zone? -- System and human attributes of the Coastal Zone -- Changes to the Coastal Zone -- Measuring change and status of the Coastal Zone at the global scale - LOICZ approaches and tools -- Responses to change -- DYNAMICS OF THE COASTAL ZONE: Impacts of local, regional and global sea-level fluctuations -- Changes in the flux of water and sediment -- Estuarine interactions -- Groundwater inputs to the Coastal Zone -- Influence of human activities on material fluxes -- C, N, P FLUXES IN THE COASTAL ZONE: Estimates of C, N and P fluxes in the Coastal Zone -- Classification of coastal fluxes -- THE CATCHMENT TO COAST CONTINUUM: South America -- Africa -- East Asia -- Russian Arctic -- Europe - catchment-coast interactions -- Towards coupled coastal and river catchment management; DPSIR application into scenarios for Europe -- SYNTHESIS OF MAIN FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Global change and sustainable use of Earth’s coastal zones -- Progress in meeting IGBP-LOICZ goals -- Key findings -- Now and into the future -- The LOICZ contribution -- Implications for management -- The future of LOICZ.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 3540254501 (hd.bd.)
- Note:
- Research report.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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