380
environmental license 204
environmental parameters 78
Environmental Pollution Control Ordinance 242
Environmental Protection and Preservation Act
245
environmental quality 164,369
-, standard (EQS) 145,153,156-161,166,170,
177
Eocene 185
EQS, see environmental quality standard
EROD 165, 166
erosion, coastal 36, 223, 244, 250
Escalante river 302, 308
ESD 280-282, 356
Eudocimus ruber 188
European Commission Habitat Directive 359
Eur,\>pean pilchard, see Sardina pilchardus
eutrophication 351, 370
-, marine 138,158
Excoecaria agallocha 238
exploitation 6, 20, 23, 41, 49-51, 73, 76, 77, 149, 171,
183, 184, 190, 199, 203, 215, 228, 235, 242, 264,
267, 297, 301, 359, 364, 373
external forcing effects 3
F
Farlowella curtirostra 304
FCCC, see United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
fertilizer 8, 190, 197, 239, 306
fish
-, yield 24
-, yield declines 22
fish embryo abnormalities 173
fisheries 20-23,35-37,240-245,264-267,303309,367-372
-, coastal 216,369
-, commercial 325
-, industrial 267
-, management 222
-, traditional 228, 1,40
Fisheries Act 217, 222, 283, 368, 372
fishing, illegal 245
fishing nets 197, 269
flamingo, see Phoenicopterus ruber
flatfish 173
flooding 35, 43, 46, 217, 244, 302, 324
flounder, see Platichthys flesus
Fly river estuary 132
forecasting, storm 29
forestry 58, 60
freshwater pollution 152
G
German Bight 135,148,150,156,158,164,165,170175
GESAMP, see Group of Experts on the Scientific
Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection
152
Girones 257
GNP, see gross national product
goods
-, economic 37,40,43-46,52
-, environmental 37, 40, 43-46, 52
Grande river 302
gray seals 358
Index
Great Barrier Reef 8,131,134,137,139,279,281286,289-295
-, case study 279
-, management 289, 293
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 281, 284, 289,
290,292,294,295
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 281,289, 294
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 290295
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 284,292
gross national product (GNP) 15,158,297,306
gross regional product (GRP) 20
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects
of Marine Environmental Protection
(GESAMP)
ground water extraction 76
GRP, see gross regional product
Guasabacoa Cove 198
Gulf of California 18
Gulf of Kuchch 215,221
Gulf of Mannar 215,220
Gulf of Venezuela 297,300,301, 304, 306
H
habitat
-, coastal 46, 47, 99, 101, 105, 121, 252
-, coastal marine 246
- loss 22, 111, 200
-, marine, destruction 252
-, natural, destruction 240
hake, see Merluccius merluccius
Halodule uninervis 239
Hamburg Oceanography Model (HAMSOM) 130
HAMSOM, see Hamburg Oceanography Model
hard corals 134
Hariabhanga river 237
Havana Bay 198
hazard, natural 18, 43, 217, 294
HCH 156
heavy metals 15,22,136,149,171,303
heptachlor 248
herbicides 8
Heriteria fomes 238
Hibiscus tileaceus 188
Homebush Bay 111
HORSCEC, see House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation
House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Environment and Conservation (HORSCEC)
280,281
human activities, spatial distribution 15
hurricanes 22-25,27,28,197,199
hydrocarbons 150,155,166-173,176,198
hydrological cycle 206
environmental license 204
environmental parameters 78
Environmental Pollution Control Ordinance 242
Environmental Protection and Preservation Act
245
environmental quality 164,369
-, standard (EQS) 145,153,156-161,166,170,
177
Eocene 185
EQS, see environmental quality standard
EROD 165, 166
erosion, coastal 36, 223, 244, 250
Escalante river 302, 308
ESD 280-282, 356
Eudocimus ruber 188
European Commission Habitat Directive 359
Eur,\>pean pilchard, see Sardina pilchardus
eutrophication 351, 370
-, marine 138,158
Excoecaria agallocha 238
exploitation 6, 20, 23, 41, 49-51, 73, 76, 77, 149, 171,
183, 184, 190, 199, 203, 215, 228, 235, 242, 264,
267, 297, 301, 359, 364, 373
external forcing effects 3
F
Farlowella curtirostra 304
FCCC, see United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
fertilizer 8, 190, 197, 239, 306
fish
-, yield 24
-, yield declines 22
fish embryo abnormalities 173
fisheries 20-23,35-37,240-245,264-267,303309,367-372
-, coastal 216,369
-, commercial 325
-, industrial 267
-, management 222
-, traditional 228, 1,40
Fisheries Act 217, 222, 283, 368, 372
fishing, illegal 245
fishing nets 197, 269
flamingo, see Phoenicopterus ruber
flatfish 173
flooding 35, 43, 46, 217, 244, 302, 324
flounder, see Platichthys flesus
Fly river estuary 132
forecasting, storm 29
forestry 58, 60
freshwater pollution 152
G
German Bight 135,148,150,156,158,164,165,170175
GESAMP, see Group of Experts on the Scientific
Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection
152
Girones 257
GNP, see gross national product
goods
-, economic 37,40,43-46,52
-, environmental 37, 40, 43-46, 52
Grande river 302
gray seals 358
Index
Great Barrier Reef 8,131,134,137,139,279,281286,289-295
-, case study 279
-, management 289, 293
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 281, 284, 289,
290,292,294,295
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 281,289, 294
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 290295
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 284,292
gross national product (GNP) 15,158,297,306
gross regional product (GRP) 20
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects
of Marine Environmental Protection
(GESAMP)
ground water extraction 76
GRP, see gross regional product
Guasabacoa Cove 198
Gulf of California 18
Gulf of Kuchch 215,221
Gulf of Mannar 215,220
Gulf of Venezuela 297,300,301, 304, 306
H
habitat
-, coastal 46, 47, 99, 101, 105, 121, 252
-, coastal marine 246
- loss 22, 111, 200
-, marine, destruction 252
-, natural, destruction 240
hake, see Merluccius merluccius
Halodule uninervis 239
Hamburg Oceanography Model (HAMSOM) 130
HAMSOM, see Hamburg Oceanography Model
hard corals 134
Hariabhanga river 237
Havana Bay 198
hazard, natural 18, 43, 217, 294
HCH 156
heavy metals 15,22,136,149,171,303
heptachlor 248
herbicides 8
Heriteria fomes 238
Hibiscus tileaceus 188
Homebush Bay 111
HORSCEC, see House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation
House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Environment and Conservation (HORSCEC)
280,281
human activities, spatial distribution 15
hurricanes 22-25,27,28,197,199
hydrocarbons 150,155,166-173,176,198
hydrological cycle 206