Large Marine Ecosystems of the North Atlantic
：Changing States and Sustainability
( Volume 10 )
Publication subTitle ：Changing States and Sustainability
Publication series ：Volume 10
Author： Skjoldal H. R.;Sherman K.
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2002
E-ISBN: 9780080535388
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780444510112
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780444510112
Subject： Q178.53 marine organisms
Language： ENG
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Description
This is the first book to provide assessments of multidecadal changes in resources and environments of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the North Atlantic. Using the case study method, researchers examine the forces driving the changes and actions underway aimed at turning the corner from declining trends in biomass yields, toward recovery of depleted species populations and improvements in ecosystem integrity.
Recently a distinguished group of 24 scientists argued eloquently that a new Sustainability Science was emerging that was focused on "meeting fundamental human needs while preserving the life support systems of planet Earth". The contributions contained in this volume are at the cutting edge of Sustainability Science and the results presented by the contributors are pertinent to one of the core questions: "How are long-term trends in environment and development, including consumption and population, reshaping nature-society interactions in ways relevant to sustainability?" (Science Vol. 292, 27 April 2001). The case studies demonstrate the utility of an ecosystem-based approach to the assessment and management of biomass yields and species sustainability.
Movements toward ecosystem-based management have emerged from the case studies on the initiation of recoveries of several depleted groundfish stocks of the US Northeast Shelf LME; the collapse of the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf cod; the assessment of physical and biological chan
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