Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem (eBook)

Environmental Forcing and Sustainable Development of Marine Resources

P. Cury, N.J. Hardman-Mountford, K.A. Koranteng, J.M. McGlade (Herausgeber)

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2002 | 1. Auflage
428 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053273-8 (ISBN)

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The Gulf of Guinea volume is part of a series on the Large Marine Ecosystems. This volume combines the latest research on the Gulf of Guinea from scientists working primarily in the region and from Europe. It covers the dynamics of the oceanic and coastal waters of the region, the major biological resources, pollution in the marine environment and the socio-economics and governance of marine fisheries. A significant number of new data sets, including some which have been repatriated from outside the region, are now made available through this publication.

The combination of the various chapters underlines the interlinkages that exist between the interannual and seasonal dynamical behaviour of the oceanic offshore waters and the living marine resources along the coast, and the direct effect they have on the livelihoods of the populations living throughout the Gulf of Guinea.

The volume is intended for those who have a general interest in the region as well as those who work professionally in the field. It will also be of immense value to resource managers and policy-makers as a demonstration project on how research can help solve the pressing problems of economic and food security in coastal regions.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 6
Contributors 10
Series Editor's Introduction 14
Preface 16
Acknowledgements 20
Colour plates 22
Part I: Principles & Programmes
Chapter 1. The EU/INCO-DC Project: Impacts of Environmental Forcing on Marine Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Artisanal and Industrial Fisheries in the Gulf of Guinea 40
Chapter 2. A Modular Approach to Monitoring, Assessing and Managing Large Marine Ecosystems 46
Chapter 3. The Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem Project: Turning Challenges into Achievements 64
Chapter 4. Consilience in Oceanographic and Fishery Research: A Concept and Some Digressions 78
Part II: Environmental Forcing & Productivity
Environmental Forcing 84
Chapter 5. Variability of Physical Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Guinea and Implications for Fisheries Recruitment. An Investigation Using Remotely Sensed Sea Surface Temperature 86
Chapter 6. Defining Ecosystem Structure from Natural Variability: Application of Principal Components Analysis to Remotely Sensed Sea Surface Temperature 104
Chapter 7. A Multi-Data Approach for Assessing the Spatio-Temporal Variability of the Ivorian-Ghanaian Coastal Upwelling: Understanding Pelagic Fish Stock Dynamics 120
Chapter 8. Physico-Chemical Changes in Continental Shelf Waters of the Gulf of Guinea and Possible Impacts on Resource Variability - 130
Chapter 9. Environmental Variability at a Coastal Station near Abidjan: Oceanic and Continental Influences 140
Productivity 156
Chapter 10. Environmental and Resource Variability off Northwest Africa and in the Gulf of Guinea: A Review 158
Chapter 11. Monitoring Levels of "Phytoplankton Colour" in the Gulf of Guinea Using Ships of Opportunity 178
Chapter 12. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Benthic Fauna and Communities of the Tropical Atlantic Coast of Africa 184
Chapter 13. The Contribution of Coastal Lagoons to the Continental Shelf Ecosystem of Ghana 198
Part III: Fish & Fisheries
Fish Ecology 208
Chapter 14. Fish Species Assemblages on the Continental Shelf and Upper Slope off Ghana 210
Chapter 15. Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Demersal Communities of the Continental Shelf of Côte d'Ivoire 226
Chapter 16. Population Structure of Two Commercially Important Marine Species in and Around the Gulf of Guinea 244
Fisheries 262
Chapter 17. An Overview of Fishery Resources and Fishery Research in the Gulf of Guinea 264
Chapter 18. Environmental Forcing and Fisheries Resources in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana: Did Something Happen? 278
Chapter 19. Status of Demersal Fishery Resources on the Inner Continental Shelf off Ghana 298
Chapter 20. A Database for the Trawl Fisheries of Côte d'Ivoire: Structure and Use 312
Chapter 21. Spatial Modelling of Trophic Interactions and Fisheries Impacts in Coastal Ecosystems: A Case Study of Sakumo Lagoon, Ghana 326
Part IV: Ecosystem Health & the Human Dimension
Pollution 334
Chapter 22. Environmental Pollution in the Gulf of Guinea: A Regional Approach 336
Socio-Economics 358
Chapter 23. Socio-Economic Aspects of Artisanal Marine Fisheries Management in West Africa 360
Chapter 24. Fish Utilisation and Marketing in Ghana: State of the Art and Future Perspective 382
Institutions & Governance
Chapter 25. How Can Collaborative Research be Most Useful to Fisheries Management in Developing Countries? 394
Chapter 26. Research and Extension Linkages in Ghana's Agricultural Development: The Case of Marine Fisheries 402
Part V: Index 408

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-08-053273-X / 008053273X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-053273-8 / 9780080532738