The 15th Franco-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography “Marine Productivity, Perturbations and
Resilience of Socio- Ecosystems,” organized by the long-standing partners Société franco-japonaise
d’Océanographie de France and Société franco- japonaise d’Océanographie du Japon, reviewed the
impacts of natural (storms, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.) and man-made (pollution, buildings
in coastal areas, aquaculture, tourism, sports, diving, etc.) perturbations infl icted on natural coastal
and marine environments, and examined the resilience of the affected socio- ecosystems and ability of
governance responses to face these global/local changes.
The 15th Franco-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography was supported by the two countries’
highest authorities.
The book collects 43 selected papers, written by experts from numerous universities and research
institutes in both countries. It addresses the needs of marine sciences researchers (natural and social
sciences), decision-makers and coastal zone managers, and other stakeholders involved in coastal and
marine socio-ecosystems.
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