| Contents Notes |
North Atlantic climatic signals and the plankton of the European continental shelf / Arnold H. Taylor -- Interregional biological responses in the North Atlantic to hydrometeorological forcing / Philip C. Reid and Gregory Beaugrand -- Changes to the large marine ecosystem of the Newfoundland-Labrador shelf / Jake Rice -- Decadal changes in the Scotian shelf large marine ecosystem / K.C.T. Zwanenburg [and others] -- Dynamics of fish larvae, zooplankton, and hydrographical characteristics in the West Greenland large marine ecosystem 1950-1984 / S²ren A. Pedersen and Jake C. Rice -- The U.S. Northeast shelf large marine ecosystem: zooplankton trends in fish biomass recovery / Kenneth Sherman [and others] -- Iceland shelf LME: decadal assessment and resource sustainability / Olafur S. Astthorsson and Hjálmar Vilhjálmsson -- Ecological features and recent trends in the physical environment, plankton, fish stocks, and seabirds in the Faroe shelf ecosystem / Eilif Gaard [and others] -- Zooplankton-fish interactions in the Barents Sea / Padmini Dalpadado [and others] -- Dynamics and human impact in the Bay of Biscay: an ecological perspective / Luis Valdš and Alicia Lavín -- Iberian sardine fisheries: trends and crises / Tim Wyatt and Carmela Porteiro -- The North Sea large marine ecosystem / Jacqueline M. McGlade -- Changing states of the large marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic: summary and comments / Gotthilf Hempel. "The volume is an update on ecological conditions within the LMEs based on analyses presented to the first international symposium on North Atlantic LMEs held in Bergen, Norway. Using the case study method, the contributors examine the present state of 10 LMEs from the coasts of North America. Greenland, and Iceland to the waters of northern and southern Europe. They provide new insights on the causes of the drastic declines in fishery biomass yields and environmental health and on the present perspectives on actions underway to improve the health and sustainability of the LMEs." "Tenth in the series on LMEs, this book is essential reading for scientists and students in marine relevant fields, conservationists, resource managers, policy makers and others interested in the fate of ocean ecosystems."--BOOK JACKET. |
