Nineteen chapters by distinguished experts describe what it means to manage our oceans and coasts as ecosystems. At the book's heart lie the concepts of social and ecological resilience — the extent to which human and natural systems can maintain function in the face of disturbance. The Chesapeake Bay provides one powerful case study, with a chapter by Donald F. Boesch and Erica Goldman, and another by Lisa Wainger and Jim Boyd.

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