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Large Marine Ecosystems: Stress, Mitigation,
and Sustainability Message from the Editors K. Sherman, L. Alexander, B. Gold Preface John Knauss, Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce Foreward A. Martin W. Holdgate, Director General, IUCN-The World Conservation Union Introduction H.S.H. The Prince Rainier, III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco Acknowledgments The Editors Part I--Sustainability of Large Marine EcosystemsChapter 1 Large Marine Ecosystems as Global Units for Marine Resources Management: An Ecological Perspective, by Kenneth Sherman Chapter 2 The Large Marine Ecosystem Approach to Regional Seas Action Plans and Conventions: A Geographic Perspective, by Arthur Lyon Dahl Chapter 3 Scientific and Organizational Aspects of LME Research, by Gotthilf Hempel and Kenneth Sherman Chapter 4 Application of Large Marine Ecosystems Management for Pollution Driven Systems, by Alasdair McIntyre Chapter 5 Application of International Global Change Research Programs, Including GLOBEC, to Long-Term Large Marine Ecosystems Management, by Michael R. Reeve Chapter 6 Approaches to Forecasting Biomass Yields in Large Marine Ecosystems, by Simon Levin Part II--Regional Case Studies: Stress and Mitigation of Large Marine Ecosystems Chapter 7 Long-Term Variability in the Food Chains, Biomass Yield, and Oceanography of the Bay of Bengal Ecosystem, by S. N. Dwivedi Chapter 8 Effects of Physical and Biological Changes on the Biomass Yield of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem, by Jurgen Alheit and Patricio Bernal Chapter 9 Food Chains, Physical Dynamics, Perturbations, and Biomass Yields of the Sea of Okhotsk, by V. V. Kuznetsov, V. P. Shuntov, and L. A. Borets Chapter 10 Effects of Long-Term Physical and Biological Perturbations of the Contemporary Biomass Yields of the Yellow Sea Ecosystem, by Qisheng Tang Chapter 11 Long-Term Variability in the Food Chains, Biomass Yields, and Oceanography of the Canary Current Ecosystem, by Carlos Bas Chapter 12 The Large Marine Ecosystems of Shelf Areas in the Gulf of Guinea: Long-Term Variability Induced by Climatic Changes, by Denis Binet and Emile Marchal Chapter 13 Ecological and Fishing Features of the Adriatic Sea, by Giovanni Bombace Chapter 14 Contrast between Recent Fishery Trends and Evidence for Nutrient Enrichment in Two Large Marine Ecosystems: The Mediterranean and the Black Seas, by John Caddy Chapter 15 Stratified Models of Large Marine Ecosystems: A General Approach and an Application to the South China Sea, by Daniel Pauly and Villy Christensen Chapter 16 Marine Biogeographic Provinces of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, by G. Carleton Ray and Bruce P. Hayden Chapter 17 Effects of Climatic Changes on the Biomass Yield of the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and West Greenland Large Marine Ecosystems, by Johan Blindheim and Hein Rune Skjoldal Chapter 18 The California Current, Benguela Current, and Southwestern Atlantic Shelf Ecosystems: A Comparative Approach to Identifying Factors Regulating Biomass Yields, by Andrew Bakun Part III--Sustainability and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems Chapter 19 Regional Approach to Large Marine Ecosystems, by Lewis Alexander Chapter 20 Legal Regimes for Management of Large Marine Ecosystems and Their Component Resources, by Martin Belsky Chapter 21 Ocean Management and the Large Marine Ecosystem Concept: Taking the Next Step, by Robert W. Knecht and Biliana Cicin-Sain Chapter 22 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, by R. Tucker Scully Chapter 23 Simulation Study of Effects of Closed Areas to All Fishing with Particular Reference to the North Sea Ecosystem, by Niels Daan Chapter 24 Research and Management in the Northern California Current Ecosystem, by Daniel L. Bottom, Kim K. Jones, Jeffrey D. Rodgers, and Robin F. Brown Chapter 25 Sustainable Development of the Great Barrier Reef as a Large Marine Ecosystem, by Graeme Kelleher Chapter 26 Role of National Political Factors in the Management of LMEs: Evidence from West Africa, by Victor Prescott Chapter 27 Large Marine Ecosystems of the Pacific Rim, by Joseph R. Morgan Part IV--Technology Applications to the Monitoring Process in Large Marine Ecosystems Chapter 28 Applications of Advanced Acoustic Technology in Large Marine Ecosystems Studies, by D. V. Holliday Chapter 29 Application of Molecular Techniques to Large Marine Ecosystems, by Dennis A. Powers Chapter 30 Application of Satellite Remote Sensing and Optical Buoys/Moorings to LME Studies, by James A. Yoder and Graciela Garcia-Moliner |