Status, trends and the future of the marine pelagic ecosystem

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-237

  Verity, Peter G ^a   Smetacek, Victor ^b   Smayda, Theodore J ^c  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Extinction; Invasions; Marine; Pelagic; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY;

PELAGIC ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

HYDROCARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY; FORAGING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PELAGIC ZONE; PREDATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE;

EID: 0036616010     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892902000139     Document Type: Article

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305. Factors driving changes in the pelagic trophic structure of estuaries, with implications for Chesapeake Bay
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308. Human alteration to the global nitrogen cycle: Sources and consequences
309. Evidence of natural reproduction of aquaculture-escaped Atlantic salmon in a coastal British Columbia river
310. Temporal and spatial variation of dominant pelagic Copepoda (Crustacea) in the Weddell Sea (Southern Ocean) 1929 to 1993
311. A biological sketchbook for an eastern boundary current
312. Retention versus export food chains: Processes controlling sinking loss from marine pelagic systems
313. Macrophage responses of estuarine fish as bioindicators of toxic contamination
314. Blooms of toxic algae worldwide: Their effects on fish farming and shellfish resources
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317. The nature and consequences of indirect effects in ecological communities
318. Epidemiology of domoic acid poisoning in the brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and Brandt's cormorants (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) in California
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320. Recent changes in the trophic structure of the Black Sea
321. Recent man-made changes in the Black Sea ecosystem