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Large Marine Ecosystems: Patterns, Processes, and Yields
Ed. by K. Sherman, L. M. Alexander, and B. D. Gold, AAAS Press, Washington, DC. 1990; 2nd printing 1992. 242 p.

Part One: Perturbations and Yields of Large Marine Ecosystems
Introduction to Part One: Perturbations and Yields of Large Marine Ecosystems, by K. Sherman.

Chapter 1
The Weddell Sea: A High Polar Ecosystem, by Gotthilf Hempel
Chapter 2
Environmental Influence on Recruitment and Biomass Yields in the Norwegian Sea Ecosystem, by Bjornar Ellertsen, Petter Fossum, Per Solemdal, Svein Sundby, and Snorre Tilseth
Chapter 3
Fluctuation in the Cod Biomass of the West Greenland Sea Ecosystem in Relation to Climate, by Holger Hovgård and Erik Buch
Chapter 4
The Caribbean Sea: A Large Marine Ecosystem in Crisis, by William J. Richards and James A. Bohnsack
Chapter 5
Productivity and Fisheries Potential of the Banda Sea Ecosystem, by Jenne J. Zijlstra and Martien A. Baars
Part Two: Biodynamics of Large Marine Ecosystems
Introduction to Part Two: Biodynamics of Large Marine Ecosystems, by B. J. Rothschild
Chapter 6
Biodynamics of the sea: Preliminary Observations on High Dimensionality and the Effect of Physics on Predator-Prey Interrelationships, by B. J. Rothschild and T. R. Osborn
Chapter 7
Physical-Optical-Biological Scales Relevant to Recruitment in Large Marine Ecosystems, by Thomas D. Dickey
Chapter 8
Direct Simulation of the Effects of Turbulence on Planktonic Contact Rates, by Thomas Osborn, Hidekatsu Yamazaki, and Kyle Squires
Chapter 9
Application of Molecular Techniques to the Study of Recruitment Problems, by Dennis Powers, Fred Allendorf, and Thomas T. Chen
Chapter 10
Application of Image Analysis in Demographic Studies of Marine Zooplankton of Large Marine Ecosystems, by Mark S. Berman
Chapter 11
Growth, Survival, and Recruitment in Large Marine Ecosystems, by Geoffrey C. Laurence
Chapter 12
Perspectives on Larval Fish Ecology and Recruitment Processes: Probing the Scales of Relationships, by Christopher T. Taggart and Kenneth T. Frank
Part Three: Theory and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems
Introduction to Part Three: Theory and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems, by L. M. Alexander and B. D. Gold
Chapter 13
Scaling Pattern and Process in Marine Ecosystems, by Robert E. Ricklefs
Chapter 14
Physical and Biological Scales, and the Modelling of Predator-Prey Interactions in Large Marine Ecosystems, by Simon Levin
Chapter 15
Biomass Potential of Large Marine Ecosystems: A Systems Approach, by Nicholas J. Bax and Taivo Laevastu
Chapter 16
Productivity, Perturbations, and Options for Biomass Yields, by Kenneth Sherman
Chapter 17
Geographic Perspectives in the Management of Large Marine Ecosystems, by Lewis M. Alexander
Chapter 18
Interrelationships of Science and Law in the Management of Large Marine Ecosystems, by Martin H. Belsky








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