Top predators in marine ecosystems their role in monitoring and management edited by I.L. Boyd, S. Wanless, and C.J. Camphuysen

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Conservation biology ; 12 | Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England)Publication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2006Description: xiv, 378 p. ill., maps 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521847737 (hbk.)
  • 052161256X (pbk.)
  • 9780521847735 (hbk.)
  • 9780521612562 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.9164 22
Contents:
Introduction / I.L. Boyd, S. Wanless, and C.J. Camphuysen -- Effects of fisheries on ecosystems : just another top predator? / A.W. Trites, V. Christensen, and D. Pauly -- Physical forcing in the southwest Atlantic : ecosystem control / P.N. Trathan ... [et al.] -- The use of biologically meaningful oceanographic indices to separate the effects of climate and fisheries on seabird breeding success / B.E. Scott ... [et al.] -- Linking predator foraging behaviour and diet with variability in continental shelf ecosystems : grey seals of eastern Canada / W.D. Bowen ... [et al.] -- Distribution and foraging interactions of seabirds and marine mammals in the North Sea : multispecies foraging assemblages and habitat-specific feeding strategies / C.J. Camphuysen, B.E. Scott, and S. Wanless -- Spatial and temporal variation in the diets of polar bears across the Canadian Arctic : indicators of changes in prey populations and environment / S.J. Iverson, I. Stirling, and S.L.C. Lang -- Biophysical influences on seabird trophic assessments / W.A. Montevecchi, S. Garthe, and G.K. Davoren -- Consequences of prey distribution for the foraging behaviour of top predators / I.J. Staniland, P. Trathan, and A.R. Martin -- Identifying drivers of change : did fisheries play a role in the spread of North Atlantic fulmars? / P.M. Thompson -- Monitoring predator-prey interactions using multiple predator species : the South Georgia experience / J.P. Croxall -- Impacts of oceanography on the foraging dynamics of seabirds in the North Sea / F. Daunt ... [et al.]. -- Foraging energetics of North Sea birds confronted with fluctuating prey availability / M.R. Enstipp ... [et al.] -- How many fish should we leave in the sea for seabirds and marine mammals? / R.W. Furness -- Does the prohibition of industrial fishing for sandeels have any impact on local gadoid populations? / S.P.R. Greenstreet -- Use of gannets to monitor prey availability in the northeast Atlantic Ocean : colony size, diet, and foraging behaviour / K.C. Hamer ... [et al.] -- Population dynamics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia : sampling with predators provides new insights / K. Reid ... [et al.] -- The functional response of generalist predators and its implications for the monitoring of marine ecosystems / C. Asseburg ... [et al.] -- The method of multiple hypotheses and the decline of Steller sea lions in western Alaska / N. Wolf, J. Melbourne, and M. Mangel -- Modelling the behaviour of individuals and groups of animals foraging in heterogeneous environments / J.G. Ollason ... [et al.] -- The Scenario Barents Sea study : a case of minimal realistic modelling to compare management strategies for marine ecosystems / T. Schweder -- Setting management goals using information from predators / A.J. Constable -- Marine reserves and higher predators / S.K. Hooker -- Marine management : can objectives be set for marine top predators? / M.L. Tasker.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction / I.L. Boyd, S. Wanless, and C.J. Camphuysen -- Effects of fisheries on ecosystems : just another top predator? / A.W. Trites, V. Christensen, and D. Pauly -- Physical forcing in the southwest Atlantic : ecosystem control / P.N. Trathan ... [et al.] -- The use of biologically meaningful oceanographic indices to separate the effects of climate and fisheries on seabird breeding success / B.E. Scott ... [et al.] -- Linking predator foraging behaviour and diet with variability in continental shelf ecosystems : grey seals of eastern Canada / W.D. Bowen ... [et al.] -- Distribution and foraging interactions of seabirds and marine mammals in the North Sea : multispecies foraging assemblages and habitat-specific feeding strategies / C.J. Camphuysen, B.E. Scott, and S. Wanless -- Spatial and temporal variation in the diets of polar bears across the Canadian Arctic : indicators of changes in prey populations and environment / S.J. Iverson, I. Stirling, and S.L.C. Lang -- Biophysical influences on seabird trophic assessments / W.A. Montevecchi, S. Garthe, and G.K. Davoren -- Consequences of prey distribution for the foraging behaviour of top predators / I.J. Staniland, P. Trathan, and A.R. Martin -- Identifying drivers of change : did fisheries play a role in the spread of North Atlantic fulmars? / P.M. Thompson -- Monitoring predator-prey interactions using multiple predator species : the South Georgia experience / J.P. Croxall -- Impacts of oceanography on the foraging dynamics of seabirds in the North Sea / F. Daunt ... [et al.]. -- Foraging energetics of North Sea birds confronted with fluctuating prey availability / M.R. Enstipp ... [et al.] -- How many fish should we leave in the sea for seabirds and marine mammals? / R.W. Furness -- Does the prohibition of industrial fishing for sandeels have any impact on local gadoid populations? / S.P.R. Greenstreet -- Use of gannets to monitor prey availability in the northeast Atlantic Ocean : colony size, diet, and foraging behaviour / K.C. Hamer ... [et al.] -- Population dynamics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia : sampling with predators provides new insights / K. Reid ... [et al.] -- The functional response of generalist predators and its implications for the monitoring of marine ecosystems / C. Asseburg ... [et al.] -- The method of multiple hypotheses and the decline of Steller sea lions in western Alaska / N. Wolf, J. Melbourne, and M. Mangel -- Modelling the behaviour of individuals and groups of animals foraging in heterogeneous environments / J.G. Ollason ... [et al.] -- The Scenario Barents Sea study : a case of minimal realistic modelling to compare management strategies for marine ecosystems / T. Schweder -- Setting management goals using information from predators / A.J. Constable -- Marine reserves and higher predators / S.K. Hooker -- Marine management : can objectives be set for marine top predators? / M.L. Tasker.