Introduction to World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation 
 
Charles Sheppard
 
1. The Mangrove Ecosystem 
 
Jurgenne H. Primavera, Daniel A. Friess, Hanneke Van Lavieren, Shing Yip Lee
 
2. Global Status of Coral Reefs: In Combination, Disturbances and Stressors Become Ratchets 
 
Charles Birkeland
 
3. Status and Trends for the World’s Kelp Forests 
 
Thomas Wernberg, Kira Krumhansl, Karen Filbee-Dexter, Morten F. Pedersen
 
4. Salt Marshes: Their Role in Our Society and Threats Posed to Their Existence 
 
Silvia Giuliani, Luca G. Bellucci
 
5. Remote Sensing for Marine Management 
 
Merv Fingas
 
6. New Advances in Benthic Monitoring Technology and Methodology 
 
Daniel T.I. Bayley, Andrew O.M. Mogg
 
7. Seabirds 
 
Jennifer F. Provencher, Stephanie Borrelle, Richard B. Sherley, Stephanie Avery-Gomm, Peter Hodum, Alex Bond, Heather L. Major, Karen D. McCoy, Rory Crawford, Flemming Merkel, Stephen Votier, Michelle Reynolds, Jeff Hatfield, Dena Spatz, Mark Mallory
 
8. Blooms of the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia: Causes, Consequences and Controls 
 
Zhijun Dong
 
9. European Protection of Fisheries in the North East Atlantic 
 
Jill Wakefield
 
10. Ghost Fishing 
 
Julie A. Lively, Thomas P. Good
 
11. Far-Field and Near-Field Effects of Marine Aquaculture 
 
Jenny Weitzman, Laura Steeves, Jessica Bradford, Ramón Filgueira
 
12. The Making of a Global Marine Fisheries Catch Database for Policy Development 
 
Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller
 
13. Ballast Water: Problems and Management 
 
Stephan Gollasch, Matej David
 
14. Debris in Deep Water 
 
Michela Angiolillo
 
15. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Global Ocean 
 
Rainer Lohmann, Jordi Dachs
 
16. Microbial Remediation of Organic Pollutants 
 
Yafen Wang, Nora F.-y. Tam
 
17. The Threats from Macroplastic Pollution on Marine Environment: An Analytical Overview 
 
Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, CozarAndrésCózar, Barbara C.G. Gimenez, Thayanne Lima Barros, Peter J. Kershaw, Lúcia Guilhermino
 
18. Marine Pollution by Microplastics: Environmental Contamination, Biological Effects, and Research Challenges 
 
Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, João P.G.L. Frias, Andy M. Booth, Luís R. Vieira, Julie Masura, Joel Baker, Greg Foster, Lúcia Guilhermino
 
19. International Instruments for the Prevention of Marine Alien Invasive Species 
 
Jiayu Bai, Jing Cheng
 
20. Underwater Noise: Sources and Effects on Marine Life 
 
Nikolina Rako-Gospic, Marta Picciulin
 
21. Marine Oil Spills—Oil Pollution, Sources and Effects 
 
Baiyu Zhang, Ethan J. Matchinski, Bing Chen, Xudong Ye, Liang Jing, Kenneth Lee
 
22. Marine Oil Spills—Preparedness and Countermeasures 
 
Bing Chen, Xudong Ye, Baiyu Zhang, Liang Jing, Kenneth Lee
 
23. Threats to Seamount Ecosystems and Their Management 
 
Alex D. Rogers
 
24. Dead Zones: Oxygen Depletion in Coastal Ecosystems 
 
Andrew H. Altieri, Robert J. Diaz
 
25. Marine Protected Areas: Attempting the Sustainability of the Seas 
 
David Rodríguez-Rodríguez
 
26. Shoreline Defenses 
 
Lynette H.L. Loke, Eliza C. Heery, Peter A. Todd
 
27. Environmental Effects of Marine Transportation 
 
Tony R. Walker, Olubukola Adebambo, Monica C. Del Aguila Feijoo, Elias Elhaimer, Tahazzud Hossain, Stuart Johnston Edwards, Courtney E. Morrison, Jessica Romo, Nameeta Sharma, Stephanie Taylor, Sanam Zomorodi
 
28. Collisions of Vessels with Cetaceans - The Underestimated Threat 
 
Fabian Ritter, Simone Panigada
 
29. Marine Protected Areas 
 
Dan Laffoley, John M Baxter, Jon C Day, Lauren Wenzel, Paula Bueno, Katherine Zischka
 
30. Marine Spatial Planning 
 
Catarina Frazão Santos, Charles N. Ehler, Tundi Agardy, Francisco Andrade, Michael K. Orbach, Larry B. Crowder
 
31. The Role of Ports in a Global Economy, Issues of Relevance and Environmental Initiatives 
 
Martí Puig, Rosa M. Darbra
 
32. Molecular Approaches for an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network 
 
Kelly D. Goodwin, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Anni Djurhuus, Lisa Z. Allen, Andrew E. Allen, John P. McCrow, Gabrielle C. Hyde