Biodiversity in the Marine Environment

• Main Authors: Goulletquer, Philippe (Author), Gros, Philippe (Author), Boeuf, Gilles (Author), Weber, Jacques (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Sustainable development.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Social sciences.; Life Sciences.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Sustainable Development.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Social Sciences, general.

Oceans cover more than 70% of earth and host a largely unknown marine biodiversity critical for future human beings. An improved knowledge of marine biodiversity at various scales (from genes to ecosystems) is required to facilitate building integrated scenarios and policies for a sustainable develo...