Environmental Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico

Margarita Caso, Irene Pisanty, and Exequiel Ezcurra, Editors (Spanish Version)

Kim Withers and Marion Nipper, Editors (English Translation)

Preface

1 The Hydrodynamics of the Gulf of Mexico

2 Descriptive Analysis of Masses of Ocean Water that Arrive to the Gulf of Mexico

3 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico

4 Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico: Current Knowledge and Recommendations for Their Conservation

5 Benthic Ostracods from the Southern Gulf of Mexico

6 Marine Turtles of the Gulf of Mexico: Abundance, Distribution and Protection

7 Current Knowledge of Benthic Communities in the Gulf of Mexico

8 Biology, Exploitation and Management of Groupers and Snappers in the Gulf of Mexico

9 Birds of the Gulf of Mexico and the Priority Areas for their Conservation

10 Current State of Molluscan Resources of the Gulf of Mexico

11 The Gulf of Mexico-Past, Present and Future: A United States, Mexico, and Cuba Collaboration

12 Coastal Lagoons and Estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico: Toward the Establishment of Ecological Indicators

13 Impacts of Urbanization on Coastal Zones. Case Study: Altamira-Madero-Tampico Conjoined Area, Tamaulipas, Mexico

14 Estuary-Sea Ecological Interactions: A Theoretical Framework for the Management of Coastal Environment

15 Beaches and Dunes of the Gulf of Mexico: A View of the Current Situation

16 Flora and Vegetation of Freshwater Wetlands in the Coastal Zone of the Gulf of Mexico

17 Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico: Characterization and Diagnosis

18 Environmental Geology of the Coastal Zone

19 Marine Ecosystems in the Northwestern Region of Cuba

20 Conservation Prospects in the Gulf of Mexico

21 Hydrocarbons in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

22 Metals Distribution and Contamination in the Gulf of Mexico

23 Exploitation and Conservation of Shrimp Resources

24 The Sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico's Fishing Grounds

25 Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico: Towards Greater Biomass in Exploitation

26 Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

27 The Reproductive Condition of the White Shrimp: Evidence of Environmental Deterioration in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

28 Coastal Eutrophication in the Yucatán Peninsula

29 The Mississippi Delta: System Functioning, Environmental Impacts and Sustainable Management

30 Observation of Impacts in the Gulf of Mexico Through Satellite Imagery

31 Guidelines for the Regional Integrated Coastal Zone Management Program for the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

32 Between Science and Politics: Incorporating the Marine, Coastal and Continental Components of the Gulf of Mexico

33 Impacts of Oil and Gas Activities on Coastal Wetland Loss in the Mississippi Delta

34 Towards Integrative Management of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem

35 Regulations in Coastal and Marine Zones

36 Monitoring and Surveillance of Coastal Zones

37 Ambivalences and Asymmetries in the Urbanization Process in the Gulf of Mexico: Environmental Pressures and Population Concentration

38 Reinventing the Gulf of Mexico