Large Marine Ecosystems: Stress, Mitigation and Sustainability

- large marine ecosystems as global units for marine resources management.

- an ecological perspective;.

The large marine ecosystem approach to regional seas action plans and conventions: a geographic perspective;.

Scientific and organizational aspects of large marine ecosystems research;.

Application of large marine ecosystems management to global marine pollution;.

Application of international global change research programs, including GLOBEC, to long-term large marine ecosystems management;.

Approaches to forecasting biomass yields in large marine ecosystems;.

Part Two: Regional Case Studies - Stress and Mitigation of Large Marine Ecosystems.

- long-term viability in the food chains, biomass yields, and oceanography of the Bay of bengal ecosystem;.

Effects of physical and biological changes on the biomass yield of the Humboldt Current ecosystem;.

Food chains, physical dynamics, perturbations and biomass yields of the Sea of Okhotsk;.

Effetcs of long-term physical and biological perturbations on the contemporary biomass yields of the Yellow Sea ecosystem;.

Long-term variability in the food chains, biomass yields, and oceanography of the Canary Current ecosystem;.

The large marine ecosystem of shelf areas in the Gulf of Guinea: long-term variability induced by climatic changes;.

Ecological and fishing features of the Adriatic Sea;.

Contrast between recent fishery trends and evidence for nutrient enrichment in two large marine ecosystems: The Mediterranean and The Black Seas;.

Startified models of large marine ecosystems: a general approach and an application to the South China Sea;.

Marine biogeographic provinces of the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas;.

Effects of climatic changes on the biomass yield of the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and West Greenland large marine ecosystems;.

The California Current, Benguela Current and Southwestern Atlantic Shelf ecosystems: a comparative approach to identifying factors regulating biomass yields;.

Part Three: Sustainability and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems.

- regional approach to large marine ecosystems;.

Legal regimes for management of large marine ecosystems and their component resources;.

Ocean management and the large marine ecosystem concept: taking the next step;.

Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources;.

Simulation study of effects of closed areas to all fishing, with particular reference to the North Sea ecosystem;.

Research and management in the Northern California Current ecosystem;.

Sutainable development of the Great Barrier Reef as a large marine ecosystem;.

Role of national political factors in the management of LMEs: evidence from West Africa;.

Large marine eocsystems of the Pacific Rim;.

Part Four: Technology Applications to the Monitoring Process in Large Marine Ecosystems.

- applications of advanced acoustic technology in large marine ecosystem studies;.

Application of molecular techniques to large marine ecosystems;.

Application of satellite remote sensing and optical buoys/moorings to LME studies