Biomass yields and geography of large marine ecosystems

Book · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5866086

Sherman, K; Alexander, L M

Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) regions with unique hydrographic regimes, submarine topography, productivity, and trophically dependent populations. Over the past several decades, some populations of organisms within LMEs have increased and others declined amidst a background of natural environmental perturbation, disposal of urban wastes, aerosol contamination, spills of petrogenic hydrocarbons, overexploitation of fisheries resources, and growing evidence of global changes in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone. The paper presented at the symposium, with appropriate revision based on peer- review, are given in this volume. Participants were encouraged to synthesize scattered information on biological, physical, and chemical processes affecting decadal fluctuations in biomass yields for LMEs including the Huanghai (Yellow) Sea, Kuroshio Current, Oyashio Current, Gulf of Thailand, and the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem around the Pacific basin, and for the Barents Sea, Gulf of Mexico, the Iberian coastal and Benguela Current ecosystems around the margins of the Atlantic. Participants also provided the results of studies of the geographic extent and boundaries of LMEs and the legal basis for the management of marine resources within LMEs.

• OSTI ID: 5866086
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
GLOBAL ASPECTS
BIOMASS
DISTURBANCES
CARBON DIOXIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
METHANE
OIL SPILLS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
OZONE
FISHERIES
LEADING ABSTRACT
URBAN AREAS
WASTE DISPOSAL
ABSTRACTS
ALKANES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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