Part I: Perturbations and Yields of Large Marine Ecosystems

Introduction to I: Perturbations and Yields of Large Marine Ecosystems - by K. Sherman.

Chapter 1: The Weddell Sea: A High Polar Ecosystem - by Gotthilf Hempel

Chapter 2: Environmental Influence on Recruitment and Biomass Yields in the Norwegian Sea Ecosystem - by Bjornar Ellertsen, Petter Fossum, Per Solemdal, Svein Sundby, and Snorre Tilseth

Chapter 3: Fluctuation in the Cod Biomass of the West Greenland Sea Ecosystem in Relation to Climate - by Holger Hovgård and Erik Buch

Chapter 4: The Caribbean Sea: A Large Marine Ecosystem in Crisis - by William J. Richards and James A. Bohnsack

Chapter 5: Productivity and Fisheries Potential of the Banda Sea Ecosystem - by Jenne J. Zijlstra and Martien A. Baars

Part II: Biodynamics of Large Marine Ecosystems

Introduction to Part Two: Biodynamics of Large Marine Ecosystems - by B. J. Rothschild

Chapter 6: Biodynamics of the sea: Preliminary Observations on High Dimensionality and the Effect of Physics on Predator-Prey Interrelationships - by B. J. Rothschild and T. R. Osborn

Chapter 7: Physical-Optical-Biological Scales Relevant to Recruitment in Large Marine Ecosystems - by Thomas D. Dickey

Chapter 8: Direct Simulation of the Effects of Turbulence on Planktonic Contact Rates - by Thomas Osborn, Hidekatsu Yamazaki, and Kyle Squires

Chapter 9: Application of Molecular Techniques to the Study of Recruitment Problems - by Dennis Powers, Fred Allendorf, and Thomas T. Chen

Chapter 10: Application of Image Analysis in Demographic Studies of Marine Zooplankton of Large Marine Ecosystems - by Mark S. Berman

Chapter 11: Growth, Survival, and Recruitment in Large Marine Ecosystems - by Geoffrey C. Laurence

Chapter 12: Perspectives on Larval Fish Ecology and Recruitment Processes: Probing the Scales of Relationships - by Christopher T. Taggart and Kenneth T. Frank

Part Three: Theory and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems

Introduction to Part III: Theory and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems - by L. M. Alexander and B. D. Gold

Chapter 13: Scaling Pattern and Process in Marine Ecosystems - by Robert E. Ricklefs

Chapter 14: Physical and Biological Scales, and the Modelling of Predator-Prey Interactions in Large Marine Ecosystems - by Simon Levin

Chapter 15: Biomass Potential of Large Marine Ecosystems: A Systems Approach - by Nicholas J. Bax and Taivo Laevastu

Chapter 16: Productivity, Perturbations, and Options for Biomass Yields - by Kenneth Sherman

Chapter 17: Geographic Perspectives in the Management of Large Marine Ecosystems - by Lewis M. Alexander

Chapter 18: Interrelationships of Science and Law in the Management of Large Marine Ecosystems - by Martin H. Belsky