Ecological Integrity and the Management of Ecosystems First Edition Kay 1000162230 9781000162233

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1000162230
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781000162233
• Author: Kay

Today, efforts are being made to rehabilitate badly degraded ecosystems and protect areas which have important ecological value, such as national parks, critical fish and wildlife habitats, natural communities and endangered species. Since human values are an integral part of the decisions to protect or rehabilitate-the goals and objectives for such actions are often unclear. Concepts of “health,” “integrity” and “diversity” express important values associated with management actions but they do not provide clear guidelines for these actions. The criteria developed and applied in this book provide guidelines and serve as a road map to anyone involved in ecosystem management-scientists, land managers and policy makers.

Table of contents:

The Notion of Natural and Cultural Integrity
Considerations of Scale and Hierarchy
Applying Notions of Ecological Integrity
Choosing Indicators of Ecosystem Integrity: Wetlands as a Model System
Applying the Concepts
Measuring Biological Integrity: Lessons from Streams
Monitoring for Ecosystem Integrity
National and Regional Scale Measures of Canada’s Ecosystem Health
National Environmental Monitoring: A Case Study of the Atlantic Maritime Region
Monitoring and Measuring Ecosystem Integrity in Canadian National Parks
An Approach to the Development of Biological Sediment Guidelines
On the Nature of Ecological Integrity: Some Closing Comments

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