Synopses & Reviews
What affects the oceans affects terra firma. Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions gathers the insights of more than 50 ocean and coastal science researchers exploring ocean components and their relationships, patterns, and trends over time and space. The book's 16 chapters feature geographic information system (GIS) best practices and include additional online resources.The book is edited by oceanographer and Esri chief scientist Dawn J. Wright and features a foreword by oceanographer David Gallo, director of special projects for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
Synopsis
This book showcases the latest and best oceanography research using spatial analyses and geographic information systems. This is the leading, most up-to-date book on the subject.
About the Author
Esri chief scientist Dawn J. Wright is also professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University. In 2007, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education named her US Professor of the Year for the State of Oregon. She is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a new fellow of Stanford University's Aldo Leopold Leadership Program in science communication. Wright received a PhD in physical geography and marine geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MS in oceanography from Texas A&M University; and a BS with honors from Wheaton College in Illinois. She is also certified by the GIS Certification Institute as a GIS professional (GISP). She coauthored the book Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet, published by Esri Press in 2007.
Table of Contents
Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Cloudy with a Chance of Fish: ArcServer and Cloud-Based Fisheries Oceanography Applications Tiffany C. Vance, Stephen Sontag, and Kyle Wilcox Chapter 2 What GIS Experts and Policy Professionals Need to Know about Using Marxan in Multiobjective Planning Processes Heather M. Coleman and Jeff A. Ardron Chapter 3 Artificial Reefs, Beach Restoration, and Sea Turtle Nesting in Martin County, Florida Alexandra Carvalho, Kathy Fitzpatrick, Jessica Garland, and Frank Veldhuis Chapter 4 Tools for Implementing the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard Lori Scott, Kathleen L. Goodin, and Mark K. Finkbeiner Chapter 5 How Does Climate Change Affect Our Oceans? Peter Kouwenhoven, Yinpeng Li, and Peter Urich Chapter 6 A GIS Tool to Compute a Pollutant Exposure Index for the Southern California Bight Rebecca A. Schaffner, Steven J. Steinberg, and Kenneth C. Schiff Chapter 7 Development of a Map Viewer for Archipelago de Cabrera National Park, Balearic Islands, Spain Beatriz Ramos López, Nuria Hermida Jiménez, and Olvido Tello Antón Chapter 8 Whale Mapp: Citizen Scientists to Contribute and Map Marine Mammal Sightings Lei Lani Stelle and Melodi King Chapter 9 Extending Esri Geoportal Server to Meet the Needs of the West Coast Ocean Data Network and Inform Regional Ocean Management Todd Hallenbeck, Tim Welch, Steven J. Steinberg, and Andy Lanier Chapter 10 Linking Landscape Condition Impacts to Coral Reef Ecosystem Composition for the East End of Saint Croix Daniel S. Dorfman, Simon J. Pittman, Sarah D. Hile, Christopher F. G. Jeffrey, Alicia Clarke, and Chris Caldow Chapter 11 Using GIS Tools to Develop a Collaborative Essential Fish Habitat Proposal Sophie de Beukelaer, Karen F. Grimmer, Jennifer A. Brown, and Chad King Chapter 12 More than Maps: Connecting Aquarium Guests to Global Stories Jennifer Lentz, Emily Yam, Alie LeBeau, and David Bader Chapter 13 Uncovering the Oceans through Marinescape Geovisualization Rosaline Canessa, Robert Newell, and Cathryn R. Brandon Chapter 14 Approaches to Visualizing Complex Ocean Data Using Worldwide Telescope Rob Fatland Chapter 15 Managing the Visual Landscape of Oregon's Territorial Sea Paul Manson and Andy Lanier Chapter 16 Near Real-Time Oceanic Glicer Mission Viewers Shinichi Kobara, Christina Simoniello, Ruth Mullins-Perry, Ann Elizabeh Jochens, Matthew K. Howard, Stephanie M. Watson, and Stephan Howden Contributors Index