Marine Ecosystems and Climate Variation: The North Atlantic: A Comparative Perspective

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Acronym list......Page 12
North Atlantic Region Map......Page 14
PART I: Background to climate variation and its effects on marine ecology......Page 16
1 Climatic fluctuations and marine systems: a general introduction to the ecological effects......Page 18
2 Climate variability over the North Atlantic......Page 30
3 Modelling marine ecosystems and their environmental forcing......Page 48
PART II: Plankton populations......Page 62
4 Responses of marine phytoplankton populations to fluctuations in marine climate......Page 64
5 The influences of climate variability on North Atlantic zooplankton populations......Page 74
PART III: Fish and seabird populations......Page 86
6 The responses of fish populations to ocean climate fluctuations......Page 88
7 Marine birds and climate fluctuation in the North Atlantic......Page 110
PART IV: Community ecology......Page 122
8 Responses of phytoplankton communities to climate variability......Page 124
9 Effects of climate variability on benthic communities......Page 130
10 Climatic influences on marine fish community ecology......Page 138
PART V: Climate impacts on North Atlantic marine ecology—views from outside......Page 150
11 Climate and fisheries: an insight from the Central Pacific Ocean......Page 152
12 Complexity of marine fisheries dynamics and climate interactions in the northeast Pacific Ocean......Page 162
13 A fresh (water) perspective on the impacts of the NAO on North Atlantic ecology......Page 168
14 A freshwater perspective on climate variability and its effect on marine ecosystems......Page 174
15 Time lags in terrestrial and marine environments......Page 180
16 The impacts of ENSO on terrestrial ecosystems: a comparison with NAO......Page 184
PART VI: Conclusion—what are the ecological effects of climate variation in the North Atlantic?......Page 192
Afterword......Page 196
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