The Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem: Environmental Forcing & Sustainable Development of Marine Resources

Content: 
Contributors
Pages ix-xi

Series editor's introduction Original Research Article
Page xiii
Kenneth Sherman

Preface
Pages xv-xviii
The Editors

Acknowledgements
Page xix

1 The EU/INCO-DC project: Impacts of environmental forcing on marine biodiversity & sustainable management of artisanal & industrial fisheries in the gulf of guinea Original Research Article
Pages 3-7
J.M. McGlade, K.A. Koranteng, P. Cury

2 A modular approach to monitoring, assessing and managing large marine ecosystems Original Research Article
Pages 9-25,i
K. Sherman, E.D. Anderson

3 The gulf of guinea large marine ecosystem project: Turning challenges into achievements Original Research Article
Pages 27-39
C. Ibe, K. Sherman

4 Consilience in oceanographic and fishery research: A concept and some digressions Original Research Article
Pages 41-46
D. Pauly

5 Variability of physical environmental processes in the gulf of guinea and implications for fisheries recruitment. An investigation using remotely sensed SST Original Research Article
Pages 49-66,xxiii-xxviii
N.J. Hardman-Mountford, J.M. McGlade

6 Defining ecosystem structure from natural variability: Application of principal components analysis to remotely sensed SST Original Research Article
Pages 67-82
N.J. Hardman-Mountford, J.M. McGlade

7 A multi-data approach for assessing the spatio-temporal variability of the ivorian-ghanaian coastal upwelling: Understanding pelagic fish stock dynamics Original Research Article
Pages 83-92,xxix-xxxiii
H. Demarcq, A. Aman

8 Physico-chemical changes in continental shelf waters of the gulf of guinea and possible impacts on resource variability Original Research Article
Pages 93-102,ii
K.A. Koranteng, J.M. McGlade

9 Environmental variability at a coastal station near abidjan: Oceanic and continental influences Original Research Article
Pages 103-118
R. Arfi, M. Bouvy, F Ménard

10 Environmental and resource variability off Northwest Africa and in the gulf of guinea: A review Review Article
Pages 121-139,xxxiv
C. Roy, P. Cury, P. Fréon, H. Demarcq

11 Monitoring levels of ‘phytoplankton colour’ in the gulf of guinea using ships of opportunity Original Research Article
Pages 141-146,xxxv
A.W.G. John, P.C. Reid, S.D. Batten, E.R. Anang

12 Spatial and temporal variations in benthic fauna and communities of the tropical atlantic coast of Africa Original Research Article
Pages 147-160
P. Le Loeuff, G.S.F. Zabi

13 The contribution of coastal lagoons to the continental shelf ecosystem of Ghana Original Research Article
Pages 161-169
M. Entsua-Mensah

14 Fish species assemblages on the continental shelf and upper slope off Ghana Original Research Article
Pages 173-187
K.A. Koranteng

15 Analysis of the spatial and temporal variability of demersal communities on the continental shelf of Côte-D'Ivoire Original Research Article
Pages 189-205
T. Joanny, F. Ménard

16 Population structure of two commercially important marine species in and around the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa Original Research Article
Pages 207-223
A. Lovell, J.M. McGlade

17 An overview of the fishery resources and fishery research in the gulf of guinea Original Research Article
Pages 227-239,iii
M.A. Mensah, S.N.K. Quaatey

18 Environmental forcing and fisheries resources in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: Did something happen? Original Research Article
Pages 241-260
P. Cury, C. Roy

19 Status of demersal fishery resources on the inner continental shelf off Ghana Original Research Article
Pages 261-274
K.A. Koranteng

20 A database for the trawl fisheries of Côte d'Ivoire: Structure and use Original Research Article
Pages 275-287
F. Ménard, V. Nordström, J. Hoepffner, J. Konan

21 Spatial modelling of trophic interactions and fisheries impacts in coastal ecosystems: A case study of Sakumo Lagoon, Ghana Original Research Article
Pages 289-296,xxxv
D. Pauly

22 Environmental pollution in the Gulf of Guinea: A regional approach Original Research Article
Pages 299-320
P.A.G.M. Scheren, A.C Ibe

23 Socio-economic aspects of artisanal marine fisheries management in West Africa Original Research Article
Pages 323-344
E. Bortei-Doku Aryeetey

24 Fish utilisation and marketing in Ghana: State of the art and future perspective Original Research Article
Pages 345-354
J.D. Akrofi

25 How can collaborative research be more useful to fisheries management in developing countries? Original Research Article
Pages 357-364
C.E. Nauen

26 Research and extension linkages in Ghana's agricultural development: the case of marine fisheries Original Research Article
Pages 365-369
S.N.K. Quaatey

V Index
Pages 371-392