Quantitative modeling methods have become a central tool in the management of harvested
fish populations. This book examines how these modeling methods work, why they …

In this paper, we review the role of fish populations in generating ecosystem services based
on documented ecological functions and human demands of fish. The ongoing …

This paper explores the notion that the theoretical basis for contemporary research
concerning the structure and function of marine pelagic ecosystems is self-limiting. While …

During recent decades, environmental conditions have deteriorated in the Black Sea.
Population explosions of phytoplankton and jellyfish have become frequent and several fish …

Large, dominant fish species that are the basis of many fisheries may be naturally so
successful due partly to" cultivation effects," where adults crop down forage species that are …

A bstract The ecosystems of coastal and enclosed seas are under increasing anthropogenic
pressure worldwide, with Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico and the Black and Baltic Seas …

This book offers an up-to-date overview of the latest scientific findings in regional climate
research on the Baltic Sea basin. This includes climate changes in the recent past, climate …

In the present paper we review some factors considered to explain the dramatic decline in
the abundance of cod in the eastern Baltic. Environmental conditions, eg salinity and oxygen …

Predation is a pervasive but ephemeral feature of marine fisheries. Losses to predation can
exceed losses to fisheries, yet is is often assumed fishing mortality alone is responsible for …

Abstract Long-term dynamics (1959–1997) of the copepod species Pseudocalanus
elongatus, Temora longicornis, Acartia spp. and Centropages hamatus, as well as the …