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By
R.B. Spies, Applied Marine Sciences Inc., Livermore, California, USA
Description
This comprehensive text is a major synthesis on ecological change in the Gulf of Alaska. It encompasses the structural and annual changes,
forces of change, long-ecological changes in the atmosphere and ocean, plankton, fish, birds and mammals, and the effects of the 1989
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
With 5 major sections, Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska first describes
the physical features, the atmosphere and physical oceanography, the annual production cycle, the forage base for higher animals and
trophic transfer, and the adaptations for survival in this changing environment for 9 portal species. Then, the major forces of change
are introduced: climate, geophysics, fisheries and harvesting, species interactions, disease and contaminants. Next, the long-term records
of change in physical factors and biological populations are presented, as well as the potential reasons for the biological changes.
Following is the history of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its long-term effects. And, finally, the emergent properties of the ecosystem
are discussed and an attempt is made to weigh the importance of the major forcing factors in terms of their temporal and spatial scales
of influence.
Audience
Researchers in environmental and aquatic toxicology, as well as in marine ecology and biology; marine and environmental pollution and conservation agencies
Contents
I. Introduction
(R. Spies, T. Cooney).
II. Ecosystem structure.
A. Introduction (R. Spies).
B. The physical environment of the Gulf of Alaska (T. Weingartner).
C. The marine production cycle (T. Cooney).
D. The transfer
of matter and energy through the food web (T. Cooney).
E. Strategies for survival.
1. Introduction (A.M. Springer).
2. Fishes.
a. Introduction (T. Cooney).
b. Pink salmon (T. Cooney).
c. Herring (T. Cooney).
d. Pollock (K.
Bailey).
3. Seabirds (M. Benowitz-Fredericks, A.S. Kitaysky, A.M. Springer).
4. Marine mammals (S.J. Iverson, A.M. Springer).
5. Crabs and shrimp (G. Kruse).
III. Agents of change.
A. Introduction (R.Spies).
B. Climate
(T. Weingartner).
C. Geophysical (R. Spies).
D. Species interactions (G. Kruse).
E. Marine mammal harvest and fishing
(G. Kruse, A.M. Springer).
F. Disease (P. Reno).
G. Contaminants (R. Spies, S. Rice).
IV. Long-term change
in the northern Gulf of Alaska.
A. Introduction (R. Spies, T. Weingartner).
B. Atmosphere and ocean (T. Weingartner).
C. Zooplankton (T. Cooney).
D. History and production trends in salmon (T. Cooney).
E. Pacific herring (E. Brown).
F. Groundfish (W. Boeing, M.H. Martin, J.T. Duffy-Anderson).
G. Seabirds (A.M. Springer).
H. Seabirds in Cook Inlet
(J.F. Piatt, A.M.A. Harding).
I. Marine mammals (A.M. Springer, S.J. Iverson, J.L. Bodkin).
J. Crabs and shrimp (G. Kruse).
V. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
(S. Rice, J.W. Short, M.G, Carls, A. Moles, R. Spies).
VI. Long-term
changes in the Gulf of Alaska: Properties and causes
(R. Spies, T. Cooney, A.M. Springer, T. Weingartner, G. Kruse).
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 608 pages, publication date: DEC-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52960-2
ISBN-10: 0-444-52960-8
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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