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Title Biomass yields and geography of large marine ecosystems / edited by Kenneth Sherman and Lewis M. Alexander
Published London : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (534 pages)
Series AAAS selected symposium ; volume 111
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; TABLES; FIGURES; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS; PREFACE; PART ONE CASE STUDIES OF PERTURBATIONS IN LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; 1 INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE: CASE STUDIES OF PERTURBATIONS IN LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; 2 CHANGES IN THE BIOMASS OF THE YELLOW SEA ECOSYSTEM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RESOURCE VARIABILITY AND SPECIES SHIFTS IN DOMINANCE; OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; 3 RECENT LARGE-SCALE CHANGES IN THE BIOMASS OF THE KUROSHIO CURRENT ECOSYSTEM; ABSTRACT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
BACTERIA BIOMASSPHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS; FLUCTUATION OF PELAGIC FISH; REFERENCES; 4 OCEANOGRAPHIC AND BIOMASS CHANGES IN THE OYASHIO CURRENT ECOSYSTEM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GENERAL OCEANOGRAPHY AS A MARINE LIFE ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON AND ITS SPECIES COMPOSITION; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; FISHERY; Catch Southeast of Hokkaido; Catch Southwest of Hokkaido; REFERENCES; 5 YIELD DYNAMICS AS AN INDEX OF BIOMASS SHIFTS IN THE GULF OF THAILAND ECOSYSTEMS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GULF OF THAILAND; WATER CURRENT AND WATER CIRCULATION IN THE GULF
FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM IN THE GULF OF THAILANDPLANT NUTRIENTS INPUT; HEAVY METALS; PHYTOPLANKTON: THE PRODUCERS; THE PRIMARY CONSUMERS: THE ZOOPLANKTON; THE BENTHOS BIOMASS; THE CHANGING CATCHES OF THE HIGHER CONSUMERS; RESOURCE CHANGES AT THE SPECIES LEVEL; TOTAL CATCH OF SELECTED ZOOPLANKTON FEEDER SPECIES; YIELD SHIFTS OF CARNIVOROUS SPECIES; TOTAL CATCH OF THE OMNIVOROUS ORGANISMS; CHANGES IN FISH SIZE; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; 6 LARGE-SCALE SHIFTS IN BIOMASS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCTION
THE CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH AS AN ARCHIMEDEAN LEVERTHE DISTRIBUTION OF THE STARFISH IN SPACE AND TIME; THE LARGE-SCALE EFFECTS OF STARFISH OUTBREAKS ON THE BENTHIC COMMUNITY; PROPAGATION OF EFFECTS INTO THE FISH COMMUNITY; PROPAGATION OF EFFECTS INTO THE PLANKTONIC COMMUNITY; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 7 CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BENGUELA AS A LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; DESCRIPTION OF THE BENGUELA; Physical features and fish distribution; Trophic structure; Exploitation; TRENDS IN THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF SPECIES; Distribution
AbundanceFACTORS INFLUENCING TRENDS IN THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF SPECIES; Exploitation; Oceanographic factors; Food; Predation; Space; Population density; OVERVIEW; System properties; Management of the Benguela as an LME; REFERENCES; 8 BIOMASS CHANGES IN THE IBERIAN ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCTION; EXAMPLES OF BIOMASS CHANGES; Sardine, Sardina pilchardus; Sprat, Sprattus sprattus (L.); Anchovy, Engraulis encrasicholus (L.); Other Species; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 9 PELAGIC PRODUCTION AND VARIABILITY OF THE BARENTS SEA ECOSYSTEM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF THE BARENTS SEA
Summary Volume 111 of AAAS selected symposium, American Association of the Advancement of Science
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Subject Marine ecology -- Congresses
Marine pollution -- Congresses
Marine productivity -- Congresses
Biomass -- Congresses
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Biomass
Marine ecology
Marine pollution
Marine productivity
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Sherman, Kenneth, 1932-
Alexander, Lewis M., 1921-
American Association for the Advancement of Science
ISBN 9780429694080
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9780429043406
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9780429714092
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9780429734106
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