Toward a Theory on Biological-Physical Interactions in the World Ocean

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Castéra-Verduzan, France, June 1-5, 1987

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Scale Upwelling and Primary Production.- On Regulation of Primary Production By Physical Processes The Ocean: Two Case Studies.- Lagrangian Simulation of Primary Production in the Physical Environment The Deep Chlorophyll Maximum and Nutricline.- Oceanographic Criteria for New Phytoplankton Production.- Horizontal and Seasonal Variation of Density and Chlorophyll Profiles between the Azores and Greenland.- Seasonal or Aperiodic Cessation of Oligotrophy in the Tropical Pacific Ocean.- The Deep Phaeopigments Maximum in the Ocean: Reality or Illusion?.- Food Chains and Fisheries: An Assessment After 20 Years.- Recruitment Dependence on Planktonic Transport in Coastal Waters.- Space-Time Aspects in the Dynamics of Planktonic Stages.- Review of Oceanic Turbulence: Implications for Biodynamics.- The Northerly Wind.- Influence of Temporal Characteristics of Physical Phenomena on Plankton Dynamics, as Shown by North-West European Marine Ecosystems.- Spatial and Temporal Discontinuities of Biological Processes in Pelagic Surface Waters.- Production and Distribution of Nauplii and Recruitment Variability - Putting the Pieces Together.- Modelling of the Recruitment of Marine Species.- Simulation Studies of Fish Larval Survival.- The Recruitment Problem for Marine Fish Populations with Emphasis on Georges Bank.- Environmental Factors, Genetic Differentiation, and Adaptive Strategies in Marine Animals.- A Molecular Approach to Recruitment Problems: Genetics and Physiology.- The Replacement Concept in Stock Recruitment Relationship.- Large Marine Ecosystems as Global Units for Recuitment Experiments.- Why Study Fish Population Recruitment?.- Zooplankton The Connecting Link: A Historical Perspective.- Scale Selection for Biodynamic Theories.- Biodynamics of the Sea:The Ecology of High Dimensionality Systems.- Bringing Physical and Biological Observations into Harmony.- Recent Advances and Future Directions in Multi-Disciplinary In Situ Oceanographic Measurement Systems.- Novel Applications of Acoustic Backscatter to Biological Measurements.- List of Participants.- List of Contributors.