Research Catalog

Title

The northeast shelf ecosystem : assessment, sustainability, and management / edited by Kenneth Sherman, Norbert A. Jaworski, Theodore J. Smayda.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Sherman, Kenneth, 1932-
• Jaworski, Norbert A.
• Smayda, Theodore J.

Description

xxv, 564 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Subjects

• Marine organisms > Effect of water pollution on > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
• Marine ecology > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
• Continental shelf > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
• Fishery resources > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > Management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• I. Ecosystem Sustainability. 1. Marine Ecosystem Sustainability / Kenneth Sherman. 2. The Northeast Shelf Ecosytem: Stress, Mitigation, and Sustainability Symposium - Keynote Address / John A. Knauss. 3. Ecological Research for a Sustainable Northeast Shelf Ecosystem and Biosphere / Charles H. Peterson -- II. Physical and Biological Characteristics. 4. Physical Oceanography of the Shelf and Slope Seas from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank: A Brief Overview / David A. Brooks. 5. Meteorology of the Northeast Shelf / Owen Hertzman. 6. Climate Change and Winter Coastal Marine Circulation in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States / Fredric A. Godshall and Henry A. Walker. 7. The Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: An Initial Perspective / Kenneth Sherman, Marvin Grosslein, David Mountain, Donna Busch, Jay O'Reilly and Roger Theroux -- III. Population Assessments. 8. Zooplankton Dynamics in the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem / Edward G. Durbin and Ann G. Durbin.
• 9. The State of Groundfish Resources Off the Northeastern United States / Vaughn C. Anthony. 10. Shifts in Northeast Shelf Cetacean Distributions Relative to Trends in Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Finfish Abundance / Robert D. Kenney, P. Michael Payne, Dennis W. Heinemann and Howard E. Winn. 11. The State of Marine Bird Populations from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf of Maine / David C. Schneider and Dennis W. Heinemann. 12. Zooplankton Prey Field Variability During Collapse and Recovery of Pelagic Fish in the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem / Kenneth Sherman, John Green, Andrew Solow, Steven A. Murawski, Joseph Kane, Jack Jossi and Wallace Smith -- IV. Environmental Stresses on the Ecosystem. 13. Coastal Sediment Contamination in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem / Thomas P. O'Connor. 14. Biological Responses to Toxic Contaminants in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem / Harris H. White and Andrew Robertson.
• 15. Metal Concentrations in Winter Flounder, American Lobster, and Bivalve Molluscs from Boston Harbor, Salem Harbor, and Coastal Massachusetts: A Summary of Data on Tissues Collected from 1986 to 1991 / Jack P. Schwartz, Nina M. Duston and Carol A. Batdorf. 16. Riverine Contributions to Heavy Metal Inputs to the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem / Herbert L. Windom. 17. Trends in Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication: A Comparison of the Chesapeake Bay and the Hudson River Estuarine Systems / Thomas C. Malone and Daniel J. Conley. 18. Preliminary Estimates of the Pollutant Loads and Fluxes into the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem / Norbert A. Jaworski and Robert Howarth -- V. Habitat Degradation. 19. Habitat Mitigation / Thomas E. Bigford. 20. Status, Trends, and Health of Wetlands: A 200-Year Overview / James Postles Thomas. 21. Relating Habitat Stress to Fish Productivity: Problems and Approaches / David S. Peters and Ford A. Cross.
• 22. Biotoxins and the Health of Living Marine Resources of the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem / Alan W. White. 23. Emergent Stressors and Public Health Implications in Large Marine Ecosystems: An Overview / Paul R. Epstein -- VI. Stress Mitigation: Environmental and Biological Considerations. 24. Effects of Closure of a Continental Shelf Dumpsite / Merton C. Ingham. 25. Biological Effects of Contaminants on Shellfish Populations in Coastal Habitats: A Case History of New Bedford, Massachusetts / Judith E. McDowell Capuzzo. 26. Multispecies Approaches to Management of Large Marine Predators / Tim D. Smith, Robert B. Griffin, Gordon T. Waring and John G. Casey. 27. Can We Manage Our Multispecies Fisheries? / Steven A. Murawski. 28. Potential Benefits from Efficient Harvest of New England Groundfish / Steven F. Edwards and Steven A. Murawski. 29. Developing International Law and Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management / Lawrence Juda.
• 30. Summary and Recommendations for the Mitigation of Stress / Kenneth Sherman, Norbert A. Jaworski and Theodore J. Smayda.

ISBN

0865424683

LCCN

96024468

OCLC

• 34776078
• ocm34776078

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries