Benguela Predicting A Large Marine Ecosystem

Author : Vere Shannon,Gotthilf Hempel,Coleen Moloney,John D. Woods,Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 008047604X

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Benguela: Predicting a Large Marine Ecosystem by Vere Shannon,Gotthilf Hempel,Coleen Moloney,John D. Woods,Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli Pdf

This is a book which examines much of what we know and also what we don’t know about the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem and its inherent variability. Building on recent work and exciting findings about the predictability of the Benguela and other coastal upwelling ecosystems, the book takes a look towards the future and highlights the difficulty of making predictions in such a complex and variable region. The book illustrates what scientists and managers from developed and developing countries can achieve by working together, and it lays a solid base upon which to build wise management and ensure sustainable use of the ecosystem. Essential reading and a valuable reference work on the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Covers what we know about variability in the Benguela and its impacts Provides information on forecasting in the Benguela and offers insight in what is predictable and what is not Discusses key elements of a future integrated observing and forecasting system

Author : Jochen Kämpf,Piers Chapman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319425245

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Upwelling Systems of the World by Jochen Kämpf,Piers Chapman Pdf

Upwelling systems are special places in the oceans where nutrient-enriched water is brought into the euphotic zone to fuel phytoplankton blooms that, via marine food-web interactions, create the world’s richest fish resources. This book introduces the reader to the interdisciplinary science of upwelling and provides a comprehensive overview of the world’s most productive marine ecosystems in the context of climate variability, climate change and human exploitation. This material presented is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate study or just for anyone interested to learn about the creation of life in the oceans and how this is compromised by human activities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Aquaculture
ISBN : UCSD:31822038706024

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Climate Change Implications for Fisheries of the Benguela Current Region by Anonim Pdf

These Proceedings include the Report of, and the background papers prepared for, the Workshop on Climate Change Implications for Fisheries of the Benguela Current Region: Making the Best of Change. Presentation topics included: the regional biophysical features and decadal trends in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME); national contexts of climate variability and change and fisheries; and a vulnerability assessment of the region's fisheries. Discussions largely focused on: aspects of developing a methodology for vulnerability assessment; definition of vulnerability in a fisheries context; potential climate change impacts on, and vulnerability levels of, the different fisheries in the region; and potential short- and medium-term adaptation actions.

Author : Bruce F. Phillips,

Mónica

Pérez-Ramírez
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119154075

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Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture by Bruce F. Phillips,

Mónica

Pérez-Ramírez Pdf

The first comprehensive review of the current and future effects of climate change on the world’s fisheries and aquaculture operations The first book of its kind, Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture explores the impacts of climate change on global fisheries resources and on marine aquaculture. It also offers expert suggestions on possible adaptations to reduce those impacts. The world's climate is changing more rapidly than scientists had envisioned just a few years ago, and the potential impact of climate change on world food production is quite alarming. Nowhere is the sense of alarm more keenly felt than among those who study the warming of the world's oceans. Evidence of the dire effects of climate change on fisheries and fish farming has now mounted to such an extent that the need for a book such as this has become urgent. A landmark publication devoted exclusively to how climate change is affecting and is likely to affect commercially vital fisheries and aquaculture operations globally, Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture provides scientists and fishery managers with a summary of and reference point for information on the subject which has been gathered thus far. Covers an array of critical topics and assesses reviews of climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture from many countries, including Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Chile, US, UK, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, India and others Features chapters on the effects of climate change on pelagic species, cod, lobsters, plankton, macroalgae, seagrasses and coral reefs Reviews the spread of diseases, economic and social impacts, marine aquaculture and adaptation in aquaculture under climate change Includes special reports on the Antarctic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea Extensive references throughout the book make this volume both a comprehensive text for general study and a reference/guide to further research for fisheries scientists, fisheries managers, aquaculture personnel, climate change specialists, aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate biologists, physiologists, marine biologists, economists, environmentalist biologists and planners.

Author : K. L. Cochrane
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Aquatic resources
ISBN : 9251058245

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Results and Conclusions of the Project "Ecosystem Approaches for Fisheries Management in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem" by K. L. Cochrane Pdf

Author : Graham P. von Maltitz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031109485

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Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change by Graham P. von Maltitz Pdf

Author : John G. Field,Roger P. Harris,Eileen E. Hofmann,R. Ian Perry,Francisco Werner
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199558025

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Marine Ecosystems and Global Change by John G. Field,Roger P. Harris,Eileen E. Hofmann,R. Ian Perry,Francisco Werner Pdf

Global changes, including climate change and intensive fishing, are having significant impacts on the world's oceans. This book advances knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems and their major sub-systems, and how they respond to physical forcing.

Author : Gabriella Bianchi,Hein Rune Skjoldal
Publisher : CABI
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845934439

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The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries by Gabriella Bianchi,Hein Rune Skjoldal Pdf

Sustainable use of aquatic ecosystems is high on regional, national and international agendas and central to the implementation of international agreements on biological diversity, fisheries and fish stock management. This book covers theoretical and applied aspects of sustainable management, with emphasis on addressing implementation issues.

Author : S J Hawkins
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000452235

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Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 59 by S J Hawkins Pdf

CHOICE Highly Recommended, Sept 2022 Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and oceanography. The ever-increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative refereed reviews summarizing and synthesizing the results of recent research. For nearly 60 years, OMBAR has been an essential reference for research workers and students in all fields of marine science. This volume considers such diverse topics as the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928-29, Mediterranean marine caves, macromedusae in eastern boundary currents, marine biodiversity in Korea, and development of a geo-ecological carbonate reef system model to predict responses of reefs to climate change. Volume 59 is available to read Open Access on the Taylor & Francis eBooks site (https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books//10.1201/9781003138846) An international Editorial Board ensures global relevance and expert peer review, with editors from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The series volumes find a place in the libraries of not only marine laboratories and oceanographic institutes, but also universities worldwide. If you are interested in submitting a review for consideration for publication in OMBAR, please email the Editor in Chief, Stephen Hawkins, at [email protected].

Author : Vittorio Barale,Martin Gade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401780087

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Remote Sensing of the African Seas by Vittorio Barale,Martin Gade Pdf

The African Seas include marginal basins of two major oceans, the Atlantic and the Indian, a miniature ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and an infant ocean, the Red Sea. Understanding the wide spectrum of environmental features and processes of such a varied collection of marine and coastal regions requires that in situ observation systems be integrated and actually guided, by the application of orbital remote sensing techniques. This volume reviews the current potential of Earth Observations to help in the exploration of the marginal seas around Africa, by virtue of both passive and active techniques, working in several spectral ranges – i.e. measuring either reflected visible and near-infrared sunlight, as well as surface emissions in the thermal infrared and microwave spectral regions, or again the surface reflection of transmitted lidar or radar impulses of visible or microwave radiation. The in-depth evaluation of the advantages offered by each technique and spectral region and in particular by the development of advanced multi-technique systems, contributes to the assessment of the abundant natural resources that the Seas of Africa have to offer, of those in dear need of being – sustainably – exploited and of others that should be protected and maintained in their still pristine conditions.

Author : P. Ted Strub,Vincent Combes,Frank A. Shillington,Oscar Pizarro
Publisher : Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128058633

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Ocean Circulation and Climate by P. Ted Strub,Vincent Combes,Frank A. Shillington,Oscar Pizarro Pdf

In this chapter, we review the physical processes that create the mean and variable circulation features along the eastern margins of the ocean basins. Rather than describing the individual systems, we describe the processes and their variability between the systems, dividing the discussion into the low-, mid- and high-latitude regions. We start with the low latitudes, since their signals often move poleward along the coastal wave guides into the midlatitudes, which are the well-known eastern boundary upwelling systems. Our treatment of the higher latitudes is limited to examples from the better-studied NE Pacific Basin (The Alaska Current).

Author : R. Nawrot,S. Dominici,A. Tomašových,M. Zuschin
Publisher : Geological Society of London Special Publications
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786205773

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Conservation Palaeobiology of Marine Ecosystems by R. Nawrot,S. Dominici,A. Tomašových,M. Zuschin Pdf

Conservation palaeobiology tracks the history of ecosystems based on the fossil record to guide conservation decisions and contribute to the theoretical foundations of conservation biology. The accelerating pace of global change requires better understanding of the long-term resilience and adaptive capacities of ecosystems. Fossil assemblages in outcrops and cores, together with surface accumulations of skeletal remains, represent unique archives of past ecosystem dynamics and baseline community states prior to anthropogenic impacts. However, as biological data retrieved from fossil and death assemblages cannot be treated in isolation, conservation palaeobiology integrates palaeontological and geological tools to account for the nature of the stratigraphic record. This volume brings together studies that demonstrate how combining marine palaeoecological records with other types of geohistorical data (taphonomic, sedimentological, geochronological, geochemical) can inform biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. The papers highlight novel approaches and challenges in applying geohistorical data to conservation problems, discuss the limitations imposed by time averaging, and offer both deep- and near-time perspectives on conservation palaeobiology of marine ecosystems.

Author : Patrice Guillotreau,Alida Bundy,R. Ian Perry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351672122

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Global Change in Marine Systems by Patrice Guillotreau,Alida Bundy,R. Ian Perry Pdf

Marine social and ecological systems around the world face multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors associated with global change. The resulting changes can create hardship for local societies that depend on them for food, livelihoods and wellbeing. Knowing how to respond to global change in a timely and appropriate manner is increasingly occupying the attention of researchers, policy makers, decision makers and practitioners around the world. Written by an international group of researchers from the natural and social sciences, Societal and governing responses to Global Change in Marine Systems analyses and appraises societal and governing responses to change, highlighting and explaining similarities and distinctions between successful, and less successful, responses. The authors present "I-ADApT", an analytical framework that enables decision makers to consider possible responses to global change, based on experiences elsewhere. Within this volume, I-ADApT is applied to 20 enlightening case studies covering a wide range of marine systems that have been challenged by critical global change issues around the world. Introducing innovative research to work towards a range of possible responses to global change, Societal and governing responses to Global Change in Marine Systems will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers and practitioners interested in fields such as: Environment & Natural Resources, Marine Resources and social sciences.

Author : Tore Johannessen
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124201118

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From an Antagonistic to a Synergistic Predator Prey Perspective by Tore Johannessen Pdf

From an Antagonistic to a Synergistic Predator Prey Perspective: Bifurcations in Marine Ecosystems is a groundbreaking reference that challenges the widespread perception that predators generally have a negative impact on the abundance of their prey, and it proposes a novel paradigm — Predator-prey Synergism — in which both predator and prey enhance abundance by their co-existence. Using this model, the text explains a number of issues that appear paradoxical in the case of a negative predator-prey relationship, including observed ecosystem bifurcations (regime shifts), ecosystem resilience, red tides in apparently nutrient depleted water, and the dominance of grazed phytoplankton over non-grazed species under high grazing pressure. This novel paradigm can also be used to predict the potential impact of global warming on marine ecosystems, identify how marine ecosystem may respond to gradual environmental changes, and develop possible measures to mitigate the negative impact of increasing temperature in marine ecosystems. This book approaches the long-standing question of what generates recruitment variability in marine fishes and invertebrates in an engaging and unique way that students and researchers in marine ecosystems will understand. Introduces a new paradigm, Predator-prey Synergism, as a building block on which to construct new ecological theories. It suggests that Predator-prey Synergism is important in some terrestrial ecosystems and is in agreement with the punctuated equilibria theory of evolution (i.e., stepwise evolution). Suggests a general solution to the recruitment puzzle in marine organisms Proposes a holistic hypothesis for marine spring blooming ecosystems by considering variability enhancing and variability dampening processes Asserts that fisheries will induce variability in marine ecosystems and alter the energy flow patterns in predictable ways

Author : Serge M. Garcia,Jake Rice,Anthony Charles
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118392638

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Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation by Serge M. Garcia,Jake Rice,Anthony Charles Pdf

Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation explores governance of the world’s oceans with a focus on the impacts of two inter-connected but historically separate streams of governance: one for fisheries, the other for biodiversity conservation. Chapters, most co-authored by leading experts from both streams, investigate the interaction of these governance streams from ecological, economic, social and legal perspectives, with emphasis on policies, institutions processes, and outcomes on scales from the global to the local community, and with coverage of a range of themes and regions of the world. The book opens with chapters setting the historical context for the two marine governance streams, and framing the book’s exploration of whether, as the streams increasingly interact, there will be merger or collision, convergence or co-evolution. The concluding chapter synthesizes the insights from throughout the book, relative to the questions posed in the opening chapters. It also draws conclusions about future needs and directions in the governance of marine fisheries and biodiversity, vital to the future of the world’s oceans. With cutting edge chapters written by many leading international experts in fisheries management and biodiversity conservation, and edited by three leading figures in this crucially important subject, Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation is an essential purchase for fisheries scientists, economists, resource managers and policymakers, and all those working in fields of biodiversity conservation, marine ecology, and coastal livelihoods. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where environmental and/or marine studies, conservation, ocean policy and law, biological and life sciences, and fisheries management are studied and taught, should have copies of this most important book.