Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why marine conservation biology? / Elliott A. Norse and Larry B. Crowder -- Back to the future in marine conservation / Larry B. Crowder -- pt. 1. Marine populations : the basics / Larry B. Crowder and Elliott A. Norse. The life of the sea : implications of marine population biology to conservation policy / Stephen R. Palumbi and Dennis Hedgecock ; The Allee effect in the sea / Don R. Levitan and Tamara M. McGovern ; Extinction risk in marine species / Ransom A. Meyers and C. Andrea Ottensmeyer ; Behavioral approaches to marine conservation / Julia K. Parrish -- pt. 2. Threats to marine biological diversity / Elliott A. Norse and Larry B. Crowder. The potential for nutrient overenrichment to diminish marine biodiversity / Nancy N. Rabalais ; The magnitude and consequences of bioinvasions in marine ecosystems : implications for conservation biology / James T. Carlton and Gregory M. Ruiz ; Diseases and the conservation of marine biodiversity / Kiho Kim ... {et al.} ; Multiple stessors in marine systems / Denise L. Breitburg and Gerhardt F. Riedel -- pt. 3. The greatest threat : fisheries / Larry B. Crowder and Elliott A. Norse. Global fisheries and marine conservation : is coexistence possible? / Dave Preikshot and Daniel Pauly ; The global destruction of bottom habitats by mobile fishing gear / Les Watling ; Effects of fishing on long-lived marine organisms / Selina S. Heppell ... {et al.} ; Evolutionary impacts of fishing on target populations / Richard Law and Kevin Stokes ; Are sustainable fisheries achievable? / Ray Hilborn -- pt. 4. Place-based management of marine ecosystems / Larry B. Crowder and Elliott A. Norse. Marine protected areas and biodiversity conservation/ Callum M. Roberts ; Marine reserve function and design for fisheries management / Joshua Sladek Nowlis and Alan Friedlander ; Placed-based ecosystem management in the open ocean / Elliott A. Norse ... {et al.} ; Metapopulation structure and marine reserves / Romuald N. Lipcius, Larry B. Crowder, and Lance E. Morgan -- pt. 5. Human dimensions / Elliott A. Norse and Larry B. Crowder. Developing rules to manage fisheries : a cross-cultural perspective / James M. Acheson ; The role of legal regimes in marine conservation / Alison Rieser, Charlotte Gray Hudson, and Stephen E. Roady ; Uncertainty in marine management / Louis W. Botsford and Ana M. Parma ; Recovering populations and restoring ecosystems : restoration of coral reefs and related marine communities / Robert H. Richmond ; Toward a sea ethic / Dorinda G. Dallmeyer ; Ending the range wars on the last frontier : zoning the sea / Elliott A. Norse.