Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai

This book documents the effects of natural hazards on coastal ecosystems in detail. The sea is an indispensable component of the Earth system, and human societies obtain many goods and services from the marine environment. Global warming threatens marine ecosystems through seawater temperature rise, acidification, sea-level rise and the increased frequency of severe storms. The repeated effects of tsunamis also have major impacts on coastal ecosystems. Increases in population and industry activities along the coast cause the degradation of coastal ecosystems through direct and indirect uses of the environment such as reclamation, overexploitation of bioresources, and pollution. Given these facts, we need to improve our understanding of the physical, chemical and biological mechanisms characterizing marine ecosystems, in order to better measure the effects of anthropogenic and natural impacts on the sea and its ecosystems. Equipped with a comprehensive understanding of the sea, including the effects of the main pressures on it, we will have a better idea of the future state of the sea based on several scenarios of global warming.
The 16th France-Japan Symposium on Marine Science focused on using advances in oceanography to better understand the current status of the sea from physical, chemical, biological and ecological perspectives, including fishery sciences and integrated approaches.

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ISBN 13	9780887767357
ISBN 10	0887767354
Title	Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
Author	Shyam Selvadurai
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Tundra Books (NY)
Year published	2005-09-13
Number of pages	274
Prizes	Winner of Lambda Literary Awards (Children/Young Adult) 2005, Winner of Young Adult Canadian Book Award 2006, Runner-up for IndieFab awards (Young Adult Fiction) 2005
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