Marine Ecological Geography Theory and Experience

In Chapter 1 the methodological principles of systemization and visualization of multidimensional ecological information for its operational dissemination among potential users are stated. Their realization results in creation of the geographic-and ecolog

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Dmitry Ya Fashchuk

Marine Ecological Geography Theory and Experience

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Author Dmitry Ya Fashchuk Russian Academy of Science Institute of Geography Staromonetniy lane 29 119017 Moscow Russia [email protected]

ISSN 1863-5520 ISBN 978-3-642-17443-8

e-ISBN 978-3-642-17444-5

DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17444-5 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York  Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the right of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

As a totality of scientific disciplines studying physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes in the ocean, oceanology moves toward geography of the ocean… running up to generalization of regularities of processes in natural complexes. Furthermore, its aim is to develop physico-mathematical model of all factors...

Acad. K. K. Markov, 1970 In Declaration ‘‘Agenda 21’’ adopted by the UN 1992 Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro), practically for the first time in the history of economic management on our planet, the heads of states and governments, World’s leading industrialists and scientists avowed, at last, the necessity of transition from random exploitation of natural resources to sustainable development for conservation of biosphere and, therefore, ourselves. As it is known, the term ‘‘sustainable development’’ was formulated first in 1987 in the report of World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission). It implies the establishment of contemporary economic management in such a way that future human generations will have a ‘‘field of operations’’ to satisfy their needs. At the first glance, the scheme of realization of the above statement seemed very simple: • rates of renewable resource consumption nowadays should not exceed rates of their natural recovery; • rates of development and introduction of technologies for artificial production of non-renewable raw material sources should be higher than rates of their depletion; • volumes of dumping and burial of industrial wastes should not exceed the waste assimilative capacity of the environ