Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries

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Vasilis D. Valavanis Geoff J. Meaden (Canterbury Christ Church University College)

Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries

Vasilis D. Valavanis, Geoff J. Meaden (Canterbury Christ Church University College)

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CRC Press
23 May 2002

Oceanography (seas); Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing

Over the last two decades there has been increasing recognition that problems in Oceanography and Fisheries Sciences and related marine areas are nearly all manifest in the spatiotemporal domain. Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the

natural framework for spatial data handling, are being recognised as a powerful tool with useful applications in marine

sciences. This book provides a thorough examination of marine GIS applications that include a high variety of methods and sophisticated approaches in coastal, continental shelf, and deep ocean studies and presents new innovative approaches

of using GIS in the examination of the dynamic relations that characterize the marine world including marine GIS macro routines for the development of Oceanography and Fisheries GIS tools and applications. The book is split into four parts. The first gives an overview of marine GIS, including conceptual issues on marine spatial thinking and models of marine

GIS development, and compares GIS with similar techniques. The second examines the main sampling methods and online sources of spatially referenced data, and discusses application

examples. The third examines various fisheries monitoring methods and the final presents GIS technical issues. Anyone with interests in marine GIS development, physical and biological oceanography, fisheries and information based proposals

for ocean and fisheries resource management will find this book useful. Valavanis; Vasilis D. Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Greece,

By: Vasilis D. Valavanis
Foreword by: Geoff J. Meaden (Canterbury Christ Church University College)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780415284639
ISBN 10: 0415284635
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 23 May 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vasilis Valavanis is a researcher at the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC), Greece. His background is in Biological Conservation, GIS, and Remote Sensing through a multidisciplinary curriculum at the Departments of Geography, Ocean Engineering, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forestry, and Zoology at the University of Florida, USA. He has participated in projects funded by the European Commission and the Greek Government on GIS developments in fisheries research, monitoring of algal blooms, mapping of benthic habitats, extraction of oceanographic features from marine EO data, and use of EO data to the seasonal mapping of species population dynamics.