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Main Title Large marine ecosystems of the world : trends in exploitation, protection, and research /
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Hempel, Gotthilf.
Sherman, Kenneth,
Publisher Elsevier,
Year Published 2003
OCLC Number 53939117
ISBN 0444510273; 9780444510273
Subjects Marine ecology ; Ecosystem management ; Marine resources conservation ; Marine resources development ; Ecological assessment (Biology) ; Mariene ecologie
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EHBM  QH541.5.S3L36 2003 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 06/21/2023
Collation xiv, 423 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
The Antarctic Weddell Sea / Gerd Hubold -- Climate change in the southeastern Bering Sea and some consequences for biota / J.D. Schumacher [and others] -- Contemporary state and factors of stability of the Barents Sea large marine ecosystem / G.G. Matishov [and others] -- The Scotian shelf / K.C.T. Zwanenburg -- Assessment and sustainability of the U.S. northeast shelf ecosystem / Kenneth Sherman [and others] -- The Yellow Sea LME and mitigation action / Qisheng Tang -- The Baltic Sea / Bengt-Owe Jansson -- Overfishing drives a trophic cascade in the Black Sea / Georgie M. Daskalov -- Interannual variability impacts on the California current large marine ecosystem / Daniel Lluch-Belda [and others] -- Sustainability of the Benguela : ex Africa simper aliquid novi / Vere Shannon and Michael O'Toole -- Decadal environmental and ecological changes in the Canary Current large marine ecosystem and adjacent waters : patterns of connections and teleconnection / Claude Roy and Phillipe Cury -- The Humboldt Current : trends in exploitation, protection and research / Matthias Wolff [and others] -- The Great Barrier Reef : 25 years of management as a large marine ecosystem / Jon Brodie -- Development of fisheries in the Gulf of Thailand large marine ecosystem : analysis of an unplanned experiment / Daniel Pauly and Ratana Chuenpagdee -- A review and re-definition of the large marine ecosystems of Brazil / Werner Ekau and Bastiaan Knoppers -- Mapping fisheries onto marine ecosystems for regional, oceanic and global integrations / Reg Watson [and others] -- Synoptical notes / Gotthilf Hempel. The Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the world annually produce 95% of usable global marine biomass. LMEs are presently being subjected to stresses from unsustainable fishing, climate change, coastal eutrophication, toxic algal blooms and degradation of critical habitats, resulting in significant losses of socioeconomic benefits to coastal countries. The volume provides assessments of the changing states of selected polar, temperate and tropical LMEs using the case study method. From the studies of changes in biomass yields and environmental health, new insights are provided on the causes of the changes and actions presently underway to improve the health and sustainability of LMEs.