Marine protected areas for whales, dolphins, and porpoises : a world handbook for cetacean habitat conservation

 Content: 1. Ocean sanctuaries, marine reserves or parks? --
 History of marine protected areas and cetaceans --
 Ocean sanctuaries, marine reserves or parks, which one and why? --
 Biosphere reserves, a strategy for thinking about MPAs --
 Defining critical habitat --
 Networks of MPAs --
 High-seas MPAs --
 2. Why spotlight whales, dolphins and porpoises? --
 Introduction --
 Red list assessment of cetacean species, subspecies and populations --
 The value of cetaceans for marine-based conservation --
 3. Creating better marine protected areas for cetaceans : steps toward the design, establishment and management of marine protected areas for cetaceans --
 Basic principles --
 Cetacean habitat needs --
 The value of ecosystem-based management --
 Steps to creating better MPAs for cetaceans --
 4. Strategies for protecting cetaceans to complement and supplement marine protected areas --
 Conservation strategies for cetaceans besides MPAs --
 Other pragmatic approaches --
 5. Habitat protection for cetaceans around the world : status and prospects --
 Introduction --
 Marine region 1 : Antarctic --
 Marine region 2 : Arctic --
 Marine region 3 : Mediterranean --
 Marine region 4 : Northwest Atlantic --
 Marine region 5 : Northeast Atlantic --
 Marine region 6 : Baltic --
 Marine region 7 : Wider Caribbean --
 Marine region 8 : West Africa --
 Marine region 9 : South Atlantic --
 Marine region 10 : Central Indian Ocean --
 Marine region 11 : Arabian Seas --
 Marine region 12 : East Africa --
 Marine region 13 : East Asian Seas --
 Marine region 14 : South Pacific --
 Marine region 15 : Northeast Pacific --
 Marine region 16 : Northwest Pacific --
 Marine region 17 : Southeast Pacific --
 Marine region 18 : Australia-New Zealand.