Tools and Criteria for Sustainable Coastal Ecosystem Management Examples from the Baltic Sea and Other Aquatic Systems /

• Main Authors: Håkanson, Lars (Author), Bryhn, Andreas C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering Subseries: Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Applied ecology.; Sustainable development.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Applied Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Sustainable Development.

The aim of this book is to discuss practically useful (operational) bioindicators for sustainable coastal management, criteria for coastal area sensitivity to eutrophication and an approach set a "biological value" of coastal areas. These bioindicators should meet defined criteria for prac...

Table of Contents:

• and Aim
• Effect-Load-Sensitivity Analyses Basic – Concepts
• Coastal Classifications and Key Abiotic Variables Regulating Target Bioindicators
• Nutrients and Representativity of Data
• Operational Bioindicators for Coastal Management
• Case-Studies.