| Description |
559 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Background: "Mare cognitum" and this book / Hein Rune Skjoldal -- An introduction to the Norwegian Sea ecosystem / Hein Rune Skjoldal -- Scientific research in the Norwegian Sea: background and history / Roald Sætre -- Oceanography and climate / Johan Blindheim -- Phytoplankton: the grass of the sea / Francisco Rey -- Zooplankton: the link to higher trophic levels / Webjørn Melle, Bjørnar Ellertsen and Hein Rune Skjoldal -- The herring / Jens Christian Holst, Ingolf Røttingen and Webjørn Melle -- Understanding herring behaviour: linking individual decisions, school patterns and population distribution / Leif Nøttestad ... [et al.] -- Blue whiting / Terje Monstad -- Mackerel and horse mackerel / Svein A. Iversen -- Mesopelagic fish / Anne Gro Vea Salvanes -- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) / Marianne Holm ... [et al.] -- Other fish species and fish communities / Otte Bjelland and Jens Christian Holst -- Cephalopods in the Norwegian Sea / Herman Bjørke and Harald Gjøsæter -- Whales and seals: top predators in the ecosystem / Leif Nøttestad and erik Olsen -- Seabirds in the Norwegian Sea / Tycho Anker-Nilssen and Svein-Håkon Lorentsen -- Food webs and trophic interactions / Hein Rune Skjoldal, Padmini Dalpadado and Are Dommasnes -- Climate and ecosystem variability / Hein Rune Skjoldal and Roald Sætre -- Management of pelagic fisheries in the Norwegian Sea / Ingolf Røttingen -- Epilogue: Mare cognitum? / Hein Rune Skjoldal. |
| Subject |
Ecosystem management -- Norwegian Sea Region.
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Ecosystem management. |
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Marine ecology -- Norwegian Sea Region.
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Marine ecology. |
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Biotic communities -- Norwegian Sea Region.
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Biotic communities. |
| Added Author |
Skjoldal, Hein Rune.
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| ISBN |
8251918413 |
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