Large Marine Ecosystems
Stress, Mitigation and Sustainability
The future is uncertain for the world's large marine ecosystems. These relatively narrow ocean zones, which produce nearly 95% of useable marine biomass, are becoming increasingly stressed both by natural and anthropogenic changes. The potential for consequent negative effects on global ecologies and economies has aroused major international concern. This new volume is a state-of-the-art update on large marine ecosystems, representing a multidisciplinary effort to develop a more holistic approach to the research, monitoring and mangaement of marine resources.
Part One: Sustainability of Large Marine Ecosystems.
- large marine ecosystems as global units for marine resources
management.
- an ecological perspective;.
The large marine ecosystem approach to regional seas action
plans and conventions: a geographic perspective;.
Scientific and organizational aspects of large marine ecosystems
research;.
Application of large marine ecosystems management to global
marine pollution;.
Application of international global change research programs,
including GLOBEC, to long-term large marine ecosystems
management;.
Approaches to forecasting biomass yields in large marine
ecosystems;.
Part Two: Regional Case Studies - Stress and Mitigation of
Large Marine Ecosystems.
- long-term viability in the food chains, biomass yields, and
oceanography of the Bay of bengal ecosystem;.
Effects of physical and biological changes on the biomass yield
of the Humboldt Current ecosystem;.
Food chains, physical dynamics, perturbations and biomass yields
of the Sea of Okhotsk;.
Effetcs of long-term physical and biological perturbations on
the contemporary biomass yields of the Yellow Sea ecosystem;.
Long-term variability in the food chains, biomass yields, and
oceanography of the Canary Current ecosystem;.
The large marine ecosystem of shelf areas in the Gulf of Guinea:
long-term variability induced by climatic changes;.
Ecological and fishing features of the Adriatic Sea;.
Contrast between recent fishery trends and evidence for nutrient
enrichment in two large marine ecosystems: The Mediterranean and
The Black Seas;.
Startified models of large marine ecosystems: a general approach
and an application to the South China Sea;.
Marine biogeographic provinces of the Bering, Chukchi and
Beaufort Seas;.
Effects of climatic changes on the biomass yield of the Barents
Sea, Norwegian Sea and West Greenland large marine ecosystems;.
The California Current, Benguela Current and Southwestern
Atlantic Shelf ecosystems: a comparative approach to identifying
factors regulating biomass yields;.
Part Three: Sustainability and Management of Large Marine
Ecosystems.
- regional approach to large marine ecosystems;.
Legal regimes for management of large marine ecosystems and
their component resources;.
Ocean management and the large marine ecosystem concept: taking
the next step;.
Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living
resources;.
Simulation study of effects of closed areas to all fishing, with
particular reference to the North Sea ecosystem;.
Research and management in the Northern California Current
ecosystem;.
Sutainable development of the Great Barrier Reef as a large
marine ecosystem;.
Role of national political factors in the management of LMEs:
evidence from West Africa;.
Large marine eocsystems of the Pacific Rim;.
Part Four: Technology Applications to the Monitoring Process
in Large Marine Ecosystems.
- applications of advanced acoustic technology in large marine
ecosystem studies;.
Application of molecular techniques to large marine
ecosystems;.
Application of satellite remote sensing and optical
buoys/moorings to LME studies
- large marine ecosystems as global units for marine resources
management.
- an ecological perspective;.
The large marine ecosystem approach to regional seas action
plans and conventions: a geographic perspective;.
Scientific and organizational aspects of large marine ecosystems
research;.
Application of large marine ecosystems management to global
marine pollution;.
Application of international global change research programs,
including GLOBEC, to long-term large marine ecosystems
management;.
Approaches to forecasting biomass yields in large marine
ecosystems;.
Part Two: Regional Case Studies - Stress and Mitigation of
Large Marine Ecosystems.
- long-term viability in the food chains, biomass yields, and
oceanography of the Bay of bengal ecosystem;.
Effects of physical and biological changes on the biomass yield
of the Humboldt Current ecosystem;.
Food chains, physical dynamics, perturbations and biomass yields
of the Sea of Okhotsk;.
Effetcs of long-term physical and biological perturbations on
the contemporary biomass yields of the Yellow Sea ecosystem;.
Long-term variability in the food chains, biomass yields, and
oceanography of the Canary Current ecosystem;.
The large marine ecosystem of shelf areas in the Gulf of Guinea:
long-term variability induced by climatic changes;.
Ecological and fishing features of the Adriatic Sea;.
Contrast between recent fishery trends and evidence for nutrient
enrichment in two large marine ecosystems: The Mediterranean and
The Black Seas;.
Startified models of large marine ecosystems: a general approach
and an application to the South China Sea;.
Marine biogeographic provinces of the Bering, Chukchi and
Beaufort Seas;.
Effects of climatic changes on the biomass yield of the Barents
Sea, Norwegian Sea and West Greenland large marine ecosystems;.
The California Current, Benguela Current and Southwestern
Atlantic Shelf ecosystems: a comparative approach to identifying
factors regulating biomass yields;.
Part Three: Sustainability and Management of Large Marine
Ecosystems.
- regional approach to large marine ecosystems;.
Legal regimes for management of large marine ecosystems and
their component resources;.
Ocean management and the large marine ecosystem concept: taking
the next step;.
Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living
resources;.
Simulation study of effects of closed areas to all fishing, with
particular reference to the North Sea ecosystem;.
Research and management in the Northern California Current
ecosystem;.
Sutainable development of the Great Barrier Reef as a large
marine ecosystem;.
Role of national political factors in the management of LMEs:
evidence from West Africa;.
Large marine eocsystems of the Pacific Rim;.
Part Four: Technology Applications to the Monitoring Process
in Large Marine Ecosystems.
- applications of advanced acoustic technology in large marine
ecosystem studies;.
Application of molecular techniques to large marine
ecosystems;.
Application of satellite remote sensing and optical
buoys/moorings to LME studies
Kenneth Sherman is the author of Large Marine Ecosystems: Stress, Mitigation and Sustainability, published by Wiley. D. G. Alexander is the author of Large Marine Ecosystems: Stress, Mitigation and Sustainability, published by Wiley.
