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The Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: Assessment,
Sustainability, and Management
Ed. by K. Sherman, N. A. Jaworski,
and T. J. Smayda, Blackwell Science, Cambridge, MA. 1996. 564 p.
Part One: Ecosystem Sustainability
Chapter 1 Marine
Ecosystem Sustainability, by Kenneth Sherman
Chapter 2 The Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: Stress, Mitigation, and
Sustainability Symposium--Keynote Address, by John A. Knauss
Chapter 3 Ecological Research for a Sustainable Northeast Shelf
Ecosystem and Biosphere, by Charles H. Peterson
Part Two: Physical and Biological Characteristics
Chapter 4 Physical Oceanography of the Shelf and
Slope Seas from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank: A Brief Overview, by David
A. Brooks
Chapter 5 Meteorology of the Northeast Shelf, by Owen Hertzman
Chapter 6 Climate Change and Winter Coastal Marine Circulation
in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States, by Fredric A. Godshall
and Henry A. Walker
Chapter 7 The Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: An Initial
Perspective, by Kenneth Sherman, Marvin Grosslein, David Mountain, Donna
Busch, Jay O'Reilly, and Roger Theroux
Part Three: Population Assessments
Chapter 8 Zooplankton Dynamics in the Northeast
Shelf Ecosystem, by Edward G. Durbin and Ann G. Durbin
Chapter 9 The State of Groundfish Resources Off the Northeastern
United States, by Vaughn C. Anthony
Chapter 10 Shifts in Northeast Shelf Cetacean Distributions Relative
to Trends in Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Finfish Abundance, by Robert D. Kenney,
P. Michael Payne, Dennis W. Heinemann, and Howard E. Winn
Chapter 11 The State of Marine Bird Populations
from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf of Maine, by David C. Schneider and Dennis
W. Heinemann
Chapter 12 Zooplankton Prey Field Variability During
Collapse and Recovery of Pelagic Fish in the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem,
by Kenneth Sherman, John Green, Andrew Solow, Steven A. Murawski, Joseph
Kane, Jack Jossi, and Wallace Smith
Part Four: Environmental Stresses on the Ecosystem
Chapter 13 Coastal Sediment Contamination in the Northeast Shelf
Large Marine Ecosystem, by Thomas P. O'Connor
Chapter 14 Biological Responses to Toxic Contaminants in the Northeast
Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem, by Harris H. White and Andrew Robertson
Chapter 15 Metal Concentrations in Winter Flounder, American Lobster,
and Bivalve Molluscs from Boston Harbor, Salem Harbor, and Coastal Massachusetts:
A Summary of Data on Tissues Collected from 1986 to 1991, by Jack P. Schwartz,
Nina M. Duston, and Carol A. Batdorf
Chapter 16 Riverine Contributions to Heavy Metal
Inputs to the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem, by Herbert L. Windom
Chapter 17 Trends in Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication: A Comparison
of the Chesapeake Bay and the Hudson River Estuarine Systems, by Thomas
C. Malone and Daniel J. Conley
Chapter 18 Preliminary Estimates of the Pollutant Loads and Fluxes
into the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem, by Norbert A. Jaworski and Robert Howarth
Part Five: Habitat Degradation
Chapter 19 Habitat Mitigation, by Thomas E. Bigford
Chapter 20 Status, Trends, and Health of Wetlands:
A 200-Year Overview, by James Postles Thomas Chapter
21 Relating Habitat Stress to Fish Productivity: Problems and Approaches,
by David S. Peters and Ford A. Cross
Chapter 22 Biotoxins and the Health of Living Marine Resources
of the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem, by Alan W. White
Chapter 23 Emergent Stressors and Public Health Implications in
Large Marine Ecosystems: An Overview, by Paul R. Epstein
Part Six: Stress Mitigation: Environmental and Biological Considerations
Chapter 24 Effects of Closure of a Continental Shelf Dumpsite,
by Merton C. Ingham
Chapter 25 Biological Effects of Contaminants on Shellfish Populations
in Coastal Habitats: A Case History of New Bedford, Massachusetts, by Judith
E. McDowell Capuzzo
Chapter 26 Multispecies Approaches to Management
of Large Marine Predators, by Tim D. Smith, Robert B. Griffin, Gordon T.
Waring, and John G. Casey
Chapter 27 Can We Manage Our Multispecies Fisheries?,
by Steven A. Murawski
Chapter 28 Potential Benefits from Efficient Harvest of New England
Groundfish, by Steven F. Edwards and Steven A. Murawski
Chapter 29 Developing International Law and Ecosystem-Based Fisheries
Management, by Lawrence Juda
Chapter 30 Summary and Recommendations for the Mitigation of Stress,
by Kenneth Sherman, Norbert A. Jaworski, and Theodore J. Smayda
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