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| Figures, Tables and Boxes | |
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| Preface | |
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| Marine Conservation Ecology: Concepts and Frameworks | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Acronyms and Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction: Why Marine Conservation is Necessary | |
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| Significance, threats and management of the oceans and biodiversity | |
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| The Marine Environment: Physico-chemical Characteristics | |
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| Structures and processes - enduring and recurrent factors | |
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| The Marine Environment: Ecology and Biology | |
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| Pelagic and benthic realms and coastal fringing communities | |
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| Approaches to Marine Conservation | |
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| Traditional strategies and ecological frameworks | |
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| Representative Areas: Global to Ecoregional | |
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| Marine conservation at the ecosystem/habitat level | |
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| Habitats and Communities: Ecoregional to Local | |
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| Reality, variability and scales of relationships | |
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| Distinctive Areas: Species and Ecosystem Processes | |
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| Ecosystem processes - ergoclines and hotspots | |
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| Patterns of Biodiversity: Species Diversity | |
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| Theories and relationships - global, regional, local | |
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| Species and Focal Species | |
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| Keystones, umbrellas, flagships, indicators and others | |
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| Genetic Diversity | |
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| Significance of genetics: From genes to ecosystems | |
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| Coastal Zones | |
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| Components, complexities and classifications | |
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| High Seas and Deep Seas | |
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| Pelagic and benthic, hydrography and biogeography | |
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| Linking Fisheries Management with Marine Conservation Objectives through Ecosystem Approaches | |
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| Compatibility of exploitation and preservation | |
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| Size and Boundaries of Protected Areas | |
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| Rationale for function, location, dimensions | |
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| Evaluation of Protected Areas | |
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| The concept of 'value' as applied to marine biodiversity | |
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| Sets of Protected Areas | |
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| Integrating distinctive and representative protected areas | |
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| Networks of Protected Areas | |
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| Patterns of connectivity in the oceans | |
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| Approaches to the Establishment of Marine Monitoring Programmes | |
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| Stabilizing the baselines | |
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| Remaining Problems in Marine Conservation | |
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| Present problems, future solutions | |
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| Index | |