Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries

by Valavanis; Vasilis D.

• ISBN13: 9780415284639
• ISBN10: 0415284635
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-23
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

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 spatio-temporal domain. Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the natural framework for spatial data handling, are being recognized as powerful tools with useful applications in marine sciences. Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries provides a thorough examination of marine GIS applications that include a wide variety of methods and sophisticated approaches in coastal, continental shelf, and deep ocean studies. It 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.This book is divided into four parts. The first gives an overview of marine GIS, including conceptual issues on marine spatial thinking and models of marine GIS development. The second and third parts examine the main sampling methods and online sources of spatially referenced data, and discuss application examples and innovative approaches in GIS developments for many oceanographic and fisheries tasks. The fourth part presents GIS technical issues by listing marine GIS routines for a wide array of GIS tasks.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.

Table of Contents

List of colour plates	ix
List of figures	x
List of tables	xii
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xvi
Marine Geographic Information Systems	1	(34)
Introduction	1	(9)
The Essential Goal of Marine GIS	10	(2)
Spatial Thinking and GIS Analysis in the Marine Context	12	(7)
Conceptual Model of a Marine GIS	19	(4)
GIS and Scientific Visualisation Systems	23	(3)
Software Issues and Packages for Marine GIS Development	26	(1)
Summary	27	(1)
References	28	(7)
GIS and Oceanography	35	(76)
Introduction	35	(3)
The Use of GIS in Various Fields of Oceanography	38	(10)
Marine Geology	38	(2)
Flood Assessment	40	(1)
Coastal and Ocean Management	41	(2)
Coastal Zone Dynamics	43	(1)
Marine Oil Spills	44	(1)
Sea-Level Rise	45	(1)
Natural and Artificial Reefs	46	(1)
Wetlands and Watersheds	47	(1)
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation	48	(1)
Worldwide Oceanographic GIS Initiatives	48	(2)
Online Oceanographic GIS Tools	50	(5)
Oceanographic Data Sampling Methods	55	(4)
Oceanographic Data Sources and GIS Databases	59	(11)
Identification and Measurement of Upwelling Events	70	(4)
Identification of Temperature and Chlorophyll Fronts	74	(5)
Identification and Measurement of Gyres	79	(3)
Classification of Surface Waters	82	(3)
Mapping of the Seabed	85	(5)
Summary	90	(2)
References	92	(19)
GIS and Fisheries	111	(74)
Introduction	111	(4)
Worldwide Fisheries GIS Tools and Initiatives	115	(6)
GIS Applications in Marine and Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture	121	(10)
Marine Fisheries	123	(4)
Aquaculture	127	(3)
Inland Fisheries	130	(1)
Fisheries Data Sampling Methods	131	(4)
Fisheries Data Sources and GIS Databases	135	(5)
Mapping Production, Biological and Genetic Data	140	(7)
Mapping of Spawning Grounds	147	(2)
Mapping Environmental Variation of Production	149	(4)
Mapping Migration Corridors	153	(2)
Mapping Seasonal Essential Habitats	155	(5)
GIS and Fisheries Management	160	(4)
Summary	164	(1)
References	165	(20)
Instead of an Epilogue	185	(6)
References	188	(3)
Annex I: GIS Routines for Chapter Two	191	(10)
Annex II: GIS Routines for Chapter Three	201	(4)
Index	205