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The oceans are shrinking. They're not literally shrinking; warming in the last century has actually expanded the sea enough to threaten low-lying coastal lands that are vul­ nerable to storm surge. During the same interval, however, events on land have increasingly affected the sea. Since in most ways the Earth is a closed system-a zero-sum planet in today's parlance-as terrestrial influence on the sea expands, the sea's influence on its own processes shrinks. Control of many crucial marine processes no longer resides within the sea. The evidence for this is abundant and, to anyone who is looking, unmis­ takable. In recent decades scientists have witnessed unprecedented pertur­ bations and increases in previously uncommon events that demonstrate growing terrestrial influences on the sea. Numerous marine species, from sea urchins to monk seals, have experienced devastating epidemics. The number of harmful algal blooms and jellyfishpopulation explosions is rising An hypoxic ""dead zone"" in the Gulf of Mexico off the mouth of the Mississippi Rivernow appears each year and grows to encompass an area as large as NewJersey. Live coral cover in shallow reefs in Florida,Jamaica, the Maldives and many other locations has severely declined. Deepwater reef­ building corals, once widely distributed, have disappeared throughout much of their ranges. Researchers have discovered high concentrations of persis­ tent organic pollutants in declining populations of beluga whales and polar bears, both high trophic level predators in marine food webs.

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Author:   Matthias Ruth ,  E.A. Norse ,  James Lindholm
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.724kg
ISBN:  

9781461265443

ISBN 10:   1461265444
Pages:   449
Publication Date:   19 April 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword.- Series Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Contributors.- I. Concepts and Techniques.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Modeling in STELLA.- 3. Predator-Prey Dynamics.- 4. Epidemics in the Marine System.- 5. Impact of Fishing Pressure on Mean Length of Fish.- 6. Spatial Fisheries Model.- II. Applications.- 7. Modeling Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions and Primary Productivity.- 8. Impact of Dynamic Light and Nutrient Environments on Phytoplankton Communities in the oastal Ocean.- 9. Modeling Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) Distributions in Great Bay, New Hampshire.- 10. Life-Stage-Based Recovery Dynamics of Marine Invertebrates in Soft-Sediment Habitats.- 11. Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds.- 12. Kelp, Urchins and Otters in the California Coastal Region.- 13. Nile Perch Population Dynamics in Lake Victoria: Implications for Management and Conservation.- 14. Dynamics of Multiple Fish Species Under Variable Levels of Exploitation.- 15. Fish Population Responses to Sea Floor Habitat Alteration: Implications for the Design of Marine Protected Areas.- 16. Management of the Commons: Social Behavior and Resource Extraction.- 17. An Age-Structured Model of Fish Population Enhancement: Implications for Conservation and Economic Sustainability.- 18. The Global Shrimp Market.- III. Conclusion.- 19. Reflections on the Parts and the Whole.- Appendix: Installation Instructions for Dynamic Modeling for Marine Conservation.- References.

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From the reviews: The main aim of this book is to explore the ecological complexity in marine systems in the light of setting a new conservation agenda using the power of dynamic modeling via the graphical programming language of STELLA Research software. ... I recommend this book to anyone interested in actively learning about and understanding the new challenges in marine conservation and related issues. (Andrea Belgrano, Ecology, Vol. 83 (9), 2002)

From the reviews: ""The main aim of this book is to explore the ecological complexity in marine systems in the light of setting a new conservation agenda using the power of dynamic modeling via the graphical programming language of STELLA Research software. … I recommend this book to anyone interested in actively learning about and understanding the new challenges in marine conservation and related issues."" (Andrea Belgrano, Ecology, Vol. 83 (9), 2002)

From the reviews: The main aim of this book is to explore the ecological complexity in marine systems in the light of setting a new conservation agenda using the power of dynamic modeling via the graphical programming language of STELLA Research software. ... I recommend this book to anyone interested in actively learning about and understanding the new challenges in marine conservation and related issues. (Andrea Belgrano, Ecology, Vol. 83 (9), 2002)

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