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Coastal zones are areas the place environments, cultures, and economies all collide and have interaction, and hard Coasts examines the real matters interested in dealing with coastal zones. members to the amount argue that coastal zones pose a developmental instead of a administration problem and require a multidisciplinary reaction from the social and average sciences. hence papers accumulated the following study foreign case stories and tackle quite a few matters comparable to biodiversity defense and the criminal matters of habitat safety. hard Coasts is a crucial and worthwhile source for marine scientists and people attracted to coastal area improvement.

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2002). Threats to Marine Biodiversity It is ironic that the coral reefs of Southeast Asia, which are so rich in species, are also the most critically threatened (Hatcher et al. 1989; Bert W. Hoeksema 51 Fig. 2. Large shipments of live corals and reef fish are exported from Indonesia as air cargo for the aquarium industry. Wilkinson 1992; Wells 1993; Hulm and Pernetta 1993; Wilkinson et al. 1994; Hoeksema 1997; Burke et al. 2002). Because of their biodiversity and productivity, these reefs are able to support the pres- 52 Chapter Three ence of large human populations, which, however, do not exploit them in a sustainable way (White 1987; Rice 1991; Bleakley and Mouldoon 1994; Wilkinson 1994; Wilkinson and Buddemeier 1994; White et al.

The damaging effect of blast fishing on South Sulawesi. Stunned and dead fish can easily be collected from the shallow reef flats. In the process, large coral boulders break into fragments, die, and remain scattered over the reef. Recovery of the reef bottom will take much time since the loose fragments do not easily form a consolidated substratum. 1987; Galvez and Sadorra 1988; Galvez et al. 1989; Hingco and Rivera 1991; Manuputty and Soekarno 1994; Erdmann 1995; Johannes 1995; Erdmann and Pet-Soede 1996; McManus 1996; Bert W.

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