The context of the assessment ---- Introduction - Planet, oceans and life / Peter Harris, Joshua Tuhumwire -- Mandate, information sources and method of work / Alan Simcock, Amanuel Ajawin, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Sean O. Green, Peter Harris, Jake Rice, Andrew Rosenberg, Juying Wang -- pt. 2 -- Assessment of major ecosystem services from the marine environment (other provisioning services) -- Scientific understanding of ecosystem services/ Marjan van den Belt, Patricio Bernal, Elise Granek, Françoise Gaill, Benjamin Halpern, Michael Thorndyke -- The oceans roles in the hydrological cycle / Deirdre Byrne, Carlos Garcia-Soto, Gordon Hamilton, Eric Leuliette, Lisan Yu, Edmo Campos, Paul J. Durack, Giuseppe M. R. Manzella, Kazuaki Tadokoro, Raymond W. Schmitt, Phillip Arkin, Harry Bryden, Leonard Nurse, John Milliman, Lorna Inniss, patricio Bernal -- Sea-air interactions / Jeremy T. Mathis, Patricio Bernal, Lorna Inniss, Alberto Mavume, Renzo Mosetti, Alberto Piola, Regina Rodrigues, Chris Reason, Jose Santos, Craig Stevens -- Primary production, cycling of nutrients, surface layer and plankton / Thomas Malone, Maurizio Azzaro, Antonio Bode, Euan Brown, Hilconida Calumpong, Robert Duce, Peyman Eghtesadi Araghi, dan Kamykowski, Sung Ho Kang, Yin Kedong, Chul Park, Michael Thorndyke, Jinhui Wang -- Calcium carbonate production and contribution to coastal sediments / Colin D. Woodroffe, John W. Farrell, Frank R. Hall, Peter Harris -- Aesthetic, cultural, religious and spiritual ecosystem services derived from the marine environment / Alan Simcock -- Conclusions on major ecosystem services other than provisioning services / patricio A. Bernal -- pt.3 : Assessment of the cross-cutting issues: food security and food safety -- The ocean as a source of food / Jake Rice, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Andrew Rosenberg -- Capture fisheries / Enrique Marschoff, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Fàbio Hazin, Jake Rice, Andrew Rosenberg -- Aquaculture / Patricio Bernal, Doris Oliva -- Fish stock propagation / Kai Lorenzen, Michael Banks, Andrew Rosenberg, V. N. Sanjeevan, Stephen Smith, Zacharie Sohou, Chang Ik Zhang -- Seaweeds / John West, Hilcondia Calumpong, Georg Martin -- Social and economic aspects of sea-based food and fisheries / Beatrice Ferreira, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Patrick McConney, Gordon Munro, Enrique Marschoff, Jake Rice, Andrew Rosenberg -- Synthesis of part IV: food security and safety / Andrew Rosenberg -- pt. 4 : Assessment of other human activities and the marine environment; Shipping / Alan Simcock, Osman Keh Kamara -- : Ports / Alan Simcock -- Submarine cables and pipelines / Alan Simcock -- Coastal, riverine and atmospheric inputs from land / Alan Simcock, Benjamin Halpern, Ramalingam Kirubagaran, Md. M. Maruf Hossain, Marcos Polette, Emma Smith, Juying Wang -- Offshore hydrocarbon industries / Peter Harris, Babajide Alo, Arsonina Bera, Marita Bradshaw, Bernard Coakley, Bjorn Einar Grosvik, Nuno Lourenço, Julian Renya Moreno, Mark Shrimpton, Alan Simcock and Asha Singh -- Other Marine-based energy industries / Peyman Eghtesadi Araghi, Amardeep Dhanju, Lars Golmen, Peter Harris -- Offshore mining industries / Elaine Baker, Françoise Gaill, Aristomenis P. Karageorgis, Geoffroy Lamarche, Bhavani Narayanaswamy, Joanna Parr, Clodette Raharimananirina, Ricardo Santos, Rahul Sharma, Joshua Tuhumwire -- Solid waste disposal / Alan Simcock, Juying Wang -- : Marine debris / Juying Wang, Maria Clare Baker, Arsonina Bera, Kiho Kim, Rainer Lohmann, Douglas Ofiara and Yuhui Zhao -- Land-sea physical interaction / Juliàn Reyna, Arsonina Bera, Hong-Yeon Cho, William Douglas Wilson, Regina Folorunsho, Kazimierz Furmanczyk, Sean Green, Frank Hall, Peter Harris, Lorna Inniss, Sung Yong Kim, Teruhisa Komatsu, Renzo Mosetti, Kareem Sabir, Wilford Schmidt, Hannes Tõnisson, Joshua Tuhumwire -- Tourism and recreation / Alan Simcock and Lorna Inniss -- Desalinization / Abdul-Rahman Ali Al-Naama, Alan Simcock -- Use of marine genetic resources / Sophie Arnaud-Haond, Caroline Bissada, Peyman Eghtesadi Araghi, Elva Escobar-Briones, Françoise Gaill, S. Kim Juniper, Ahmed Kawser, Ellen Kenchington, Nigel Preston, Gabriele Procaccini, Nagappa Ramaiah, Jake Rice, Alex Rogers, Wouter Rommens, Zheng Senlin and Michael Thorndyke -- Marine scientific research / Patricio Bernal, Alan Simcock -- Conclusions on other human activities / Alan Simcock -- Capacity-building in relation to human activities affecting the marine environment / Renison Ruwa, Amanuel Yoanes Ajawin, Sean O. Green, Lorna Inniss, Osman Keh Kamara and Alan Simcock -- pt. 4: Assessment of marine biological diversity and habitats; : Introduction / Jake Rice and Alan Simcock -- Section A : Overview of Marine Biological Diversity -- Global patterns in marine biodiversity / Paul Snelgrove, Edward Vanden Berghe, Patricia Miloslavich, Phil Archambault, Nicolas Bailly, Angelika Brandt, Ann Bucklin, Malcolm Clark, Farid Dahdoug-Guebas, Pat Halpin, Russell Hopcroft, Kristin Kaschner, Ben Lascelles, Lisa A. Levin, Susanne Menden-Deuer, Anna Metaxas, David Obura, Randall R. Reeves, Tatiana Rynearson, Mayumi Sato, Karen Stocks, Marguerite Tarzia, Derek Tittensor, Verena Tunnicliffe, Bryan Wallace, Ross Wanless, Tom Webb, Patricio Bernal, Jake Rice, Andrew Rosenberg -- Extent of assessment of marine biological diversity / Patricia Miloslavich, Philippe Archambault, Nicholas J. Bax, Edward Vanden Berghe, Andre Boustany, Angelika Brandt, Alan J. Butler, Malcolm Clark, Bruce B. Collette, Nicholas Dulvy, Martin Edwards, Elva Escobar-Briones, Katsunori Fujikura, Judith Gobin, John E. Graves, Charles L. Griffiths, Huw J. Griffiths, Parick N. Halpin, Russell Hopcroft, Kristin Kaschner, Ben Lascelles, Xinzheng Li, Telmo Morato, Fabio Moretzsohn, Massa Nakaoka, David Obura, Henn Ojaveer, Pierre Pepin, C.Raghunathan, Randall R. Reeves, Jake Rice, Mayumi Sato, George Schillinger, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, John W. Tunnell, Jr., Verena Tunnicliffe, Paul Snelgrove, Karen Stocks, Marguerite Tarzia, K. Venkataraman, Bryan P. Wallace, Ross McLeod Wanless, Tom Webb and Hiroya Yamano -- Overview of marine biological diversity: North Atlantic Ocean / Jake Rice, Christos Arvanitidis, Laura Boicenco, Panagiotis Kasapidis, Robin Mahon, Thomas Malone, William Montevecchi, Martz Coll Monton, Fabio Moretzsohn, Patrick Ouellet, Hazel Oxendford, Tim Smith, John Wes Tunnell, Jan Vanaverbeke and Saskia Van Gaever -- South Atlantic Ocean / Enrique Marschoff, Javier Calcagno, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Flavia Lucena-Frédou, Monica Muelbert, Angel Perez, Andrea Raya Rey, Laura Schejter and Alexander Turra -- North Pacific Ocean / Thomas Therriault, Chul Park and Jake Rice -- South Pacific Ocean / Nic Bax, Patricio Bernal, Marilú Bouchon Corrales, Martin Cryer, Karen Evans, Günter Fõrsterra, Carlos F. Gaymer, Vreni Häussermann and Jake Rice -- Indian Ocean / Renison Ruwa and Jake Rice -- Opean ocean deep sea / Jeroen Ingels, Patricio Bernal, Malcolm R. Clark, Katsunori Fujikura, Andrew R. Gates, Daniel O. B. Jones, Lisa A. Levin, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, Jose Angel A. Perez, Imants G. Priede, Ashley A. Rowden, Henry A. Ruhl, Ricardo Santos, Craig R. Smith, Paul Snelgrove, Thomas Soltwedel, Tracey Sutton, Andrew K. Sweetman, Saskia Van Gaever, Michael Vecchione, Mariaki Yasuhara and Linda Amaral Zetle -- Arctic Ocean / Lis Lindal Jørgensen, Philippe Archambault, Claire Armstrong, Andrey Dolgov, Evan Edinger, Tony Gaston, Jan Hildebrand, Dieter Piepenburg, jake Rice, Walker Smith, Michael Vecchione and Cecilie von Quillfeldt -- Southern Ocean / Viviana Alder, Maurizio Azzaro, Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Enrique R. Marschoff, Renzo Mosetti, José Luis Orgeira, Liliana Quartino, Andrea Raya Rey, Laura Schejter and Michael Vecchione -- Section B: Marine ecosystems, species and habitats scientifically identified as threatened, declining or otherwise in need of special attention or protection: Marine species; Marine mammals / Tim D. Smith, John Bannister, Ellen Hines, Randall Reeves, Jake Rice, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho and peter Shaughnessy -- Seabirds / Ben Lascelles, Jake Rice, Mayumi Sato, Marguerite Tarzia and Ross McLeod Wanless -- Marine Reptiles / Bryan P. Wallace, Peter H. Dutton, Maria Angela Marcovaldi, Vimoksalehi Lukoschek and Jake Rice -- Sharks and other Elasmobranchs / Steven E. Campana, Francesco Ferretti and Andrew Rosenberg -- Tunas and Billfishes / Victor Restrepo, Bruce B. Collette, Flàvia Lucena Frédou, Maria José Juan-Jordá and Andrew Rosenberg -- Cold-Water Corals / Erik Cordes, Sophie Arnaud-Haond, Odd-Aksel Bergstad, Patricio Bernal, Ana Paula da Costa Falcäo, Andre Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts -- Tropical and sub-tropical coral reefs / Clive Wilkinson, Angelique Brathwaite, C. Mark Eakin, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Peter Harris, Ronaldo Francini-Filho, Bernard Salvat Nicole Webster-- Estuaries and deltas / Peter Harris, Kedong Yin, Kawser Ahmed, Patricio Bernal, Margarita Caso, Beatrice Ferreira, Regina Folorunsho, John Machiwa, José Muelbert, Pablo Muniz, Jake Rice, Claudia Câmara Vale -- Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps / Nadine Le Bris, Sophie Arnaud-Haond, Stace Beaulieu, Erik Cordes, Ana Hilario, Alex Rogers, Saskia van de Gaever, Hiromi Watanabe -- High-latitude ice and the biodiversity dependent on it / Jake Rice and Enrique Marschoff -- Kelp forests and seagrass meadows / John A. West, Hilconida Calumpong, Georg Martin, Saskia van Gaever -- Mangroves / Mona Webber, Hilconida Calumpong, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Elise Granek, Sean O. Green, Renison Ruwa, Mário Soares -- Salt marshes / Patricio Bernal, K. E. A. Segarra and J.S. Weis --
Sargasso sea / D. Freestone, Lorna Inniss, D. d'A. Laffoley, K. Morrison, Jake Rice, H. S. J. Roeand T. Trott -- Biological communities on seamounts and other submarine features potentially threatened by disturbance / J. Anthony Koslow, Peter Auster, Odd Aksel Bergstad, J. Murray Roberts, Alex Rogers, michael Vecchione, Patricio Bernal, Peter Haris and Jake Rice -- Pt. c : Environmental, economic and/or social aspects of the conservation of marine species and habitats and capacity-building needs ; Synthesis of part VI: marine biological diversity and habitats / Jake Rice -- Capacity building needs in relation to the status of species and habitats / Renison Ruwa, Amanuel Yoanes Ajawin, Sean O. Green, Lorna Inniss, Osman Keh Kamara, Jake Rice, Alan Simcock -- Overall assessment ; Overall assessment of human impact on the oceans / Patricio Bernal, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Lorna Inniss, Enrique Marschoff, Jake Rice, Andrew Rosenberg and Alan Simcock -- Overall value of the oceans to humans / Patricio Bernal, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Lorna Inniss, Enrique Marschoff, Jake Rice, Andrew Rosenberg, Alan Simcock.

973 p. : ill., tables, graphs

Annexes (p. 953-969): 1. List of contributors and commentators -- 2. Glossary -- 3. Acronyms.

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