Description
Book SynopsisPoole Harbour is protected and recognised, nationally and internationally, for its ecological importance. However, it has also been classified as polluted and eutrophic. These twin designations – protected yet polluted – exemplify the condition of many estuaries, making Poole Harbour an ideal subject for elucidating the circumstances behind this apparent paradox.
The outcome of a conference entitled ‘Spotlight on Poole Harbour: Environment & Economics’ organised by the Poole Harbour Study Group, this book comprises four main parts. Part I, ‘Background’, provides a broad introduction to the harbour in terms of its pre-historical and historical significance for human communities and gives a conceptual overview of its modern character and uses. Part II, ‘Ecology’, contains chapters ranging from plankton to marine mammals. The subsequent parts focus on industries dependent on the biological and chemical ‘ecological services’ of the estuary: Part III, ‘Fisheries’, covers recreational and commercial fishing and aquaculture, examining economic value and key shellfish species. Part IV, ‘Water Quality’, addresses those industries that require the harbour to remediate various effluents, as well as some of the environmental consequences and noteworthy efforts to reduce such impacts. Part V, ‘Conclusion’, by the editors examines certain general shortcomings of environmental legislation and regulation manifest in the case of Poole Harbour.
A central concern throughout is the question of sustainable development in coastal and marine contexts, making this wide-ranging study relevant well beyond the bounds of its primary geographical focus.
Trade ReviewHarbour Ecology is a well-sourced collection of scientific papers...It balances much-needed facts and figures with charts and diagrams and is a good source of information for ecologists and naturalists alike.
-- Neil Garrick Maidment, British Naturalists' Association
The editors are to be congratulated in bringing together an impressive set of papers in this very well-produced book.
-- Mike Elliot, The Marine Biologist
Table of ContentsContributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Disclaimer
Poole Harbour Study Group
1 Introduction: Ecology and Economics in an Industrialised Harbour
John Humphreys and Alice E. Hall
Part I: Background
2 An Industrial History of Poole Harbour
David A. Humphreys
3 The Archaeology of the Marine Shells of Poole Harbour
Jessica Winder and Greg Campbell
4 Developing Conceptual Ecosystem Models for Poole Harbour
Eleanor Rivers and Roger J.H. Herbert
Part II: Ecology
5 The Planktonic Organisms of Poole Harbour
Daniel J. Franklin and Andrew Powell
6 Intertidal and Lagoon Macrofauna and Flora of Poole Harbour
Roger J.H. Herbert, Richard A. Stillman, Kathryn Ross, Ann Thornton, Alice E. Hall, Jessica Bone, Leo Clarke, Elena Cantarello and Philip Pickering
7 The Fishes of Poole Harbour
Philip Pickering and Roger J.H. Herbert
8 Waterbirds of Poole Harbour: Figures and Trends
Kathryn E. Ross, Katharine M. Bowgen, Niall H.K. Burton, Roger J.H. Herbert and Richard A. Stillman
9 An Overview of Seals in Poole Harbour
Sarah Hodgson and Julie Hatcher
10 Holes Bay Nature Park: Ecology and Human Activity
Emma Rance
Part III: Fisheries
11 Fisheries of Poole Harbour
Robert W. E. Clark
12 A Tale of Three Fisheries: The Value of the Small-scale Commercial Fishing Fleet, Aquaculture and the Recreational Charter Boat Fleet to the Local Economy of Poole
Chris Williams and William Davies
13 The Manila Clam in Poole Harbour: A Journey to Sustainability
Sarah Elizabeth Birchenough
14 Ecology and Exploitation of Poole Harbour Oysters
John Humphreys
Part IV: Water QualIty
15 Water Framework Directive Ecological Monitoring in Poole Harbour, 2007–2019
Suzy Witt
16 Wessex Water’s Environmental Improvement Work in the Poole Harbour Catchment during the Twenty-First Century, 2000–2019
Ruth Barden
17 Managing Poole Harbour Water Quality through a Catchment-based Approach
Fiona Bowles
18 Using Drone Surveys to Assess Opportunistic Green Algae in Poole Harbour
Andrew Harrison
19 Nuisance Macroalgae in Poole Harbour
Suzy Witt
20 The Potential Economic Exploitation of Macroalgal Mats in Poole Harbour and Other Channel Estuarine Systems
Sinead E. Morris, Gordon J. Watson, Sophie Richier, Iain D. Green, Annesia L. Lamb and Daniel J. Franklin
Part V Conclusion
21 Conservation and Regulation in an Industrialised Estuary
John Humphreys and Alice E. Hall
Index
