Coastal Lagoons

Presents information, methodologies, and a common vision formed over a five-year study period under the NATO-CCMS Describes rich and diverse ecosystems under threat from development activities Provides essential information for selecting the best solution for a specific lagoon environment Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainable Management describes the concepts, models, and data needed to design and implement sustainable management programs for coastal lagoons. Based on a project conducted under the auspices of NATO-CCMS (North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society), the authors show that by understanding the biogeochemical and ecological processes, along with the impacts of human land and water uses, policies can be designed and implemented to allow for balanced and sustainable coastal lagoon management.