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The Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem: Environmental Forcing and Sustainable Development of Marine Resources

McGlade, J.M.; Cury, P.; Koranteng, K.A.; Hardman-Mountford, N.J.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Contentsv
  • Contributorsix
  • Series Editor's Introductionxiii
  • Prefacexv
  • Acknowledgementsxix
  • Colour platesxxi
  • Part I: Principles & Programmes1
  • Chapter 1. The EU/INCO-DC Project: Impacts of Environmental Forcing on Marine Biodiversity and Susta3
  • Chapter 2. A Modular Approach to Monitoring, Assessing and Managing Large Marine Ecosystems9
  • Chapter 3. The Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem Project: Turning Challenges into Achievements27
  • Chapter 4. Consilience in Oceanographic and Fishery Research: A Concept and Some Digressions41
  • Part II: Environmental Forcing & Productivity47
  • Environmental Forcing47
  • Chapter 5. Variability of Physical Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Guinea and Implications fo49
  • Chapter 6. Defining Ecosystem Structure from Natural Variability: Application of Principal Component67
  • Chapter 7. A Multi-Data Approach for Assessing the Spatio-Temporal Variability of the Ivorian-Ghanai83
  • Chapter 8. Physico-Chemical Changes in Continental Shelf Waters of the Gulf of Guinea and Possible I93
  • Chapter 9. Environmental Variability at a Coastal Station near Abidjan: Oceanic and Continental Infl103
  • Productivity119
  • Chapter 10. Environmental and Resource Variability off Northwest Africa and in the Gulf of Guinea: A121
  • Chapter 11. Monitoring Levels of "Phytoplankton Colour" in the Gulf of Guinea Using Ships of Opportu141
  • Chapter 12. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Benthic Fauna and Communities of the Tropical Atlanti147
  • Chapter 13. The Contribution of Coastal Lagoons to the Continental Shelf Ecosystem of Ghana161
  • Part III: Fish & Fisheries171
  • Fish Ecology171
  • Chapter 14. Fish Species Assemblages on the Continental Shelf and Upper Slope off Ghana173
  • Chapter 15. Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Demersal Communities of the Continen189
  • Chapter 16. Population Structure of Two Commercially Important Marine Species in and Around the Gulf207
  • Fisheries225
  • Chapter 17. An Overview of Fishery Resources and Fishery Research in the Gulf of Guinea227
  • Chapter 18. Environmental Forcing and Fisheries Resources in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana: Did Something241
  • Chapter 19. Status of Demersal Fishery Resources on the Inner Continental Shelf off Ghana261
  • Chapter 20. A Database for the Trawl Fisheries of Côte d'Ivoire: Structure and Use275
  • Chapter 21. Spatial Modelling of Trophic Interactions and Fisheries Impacts in Coastal Ecosystems: A289
  • Part IV: Ecosystem Health & the Human Dimension297
  • Pollution297
  • Chapter 22. Environmental Pollution in the Gulf of Guinea: A Regional Approach299
  • Socio-Economics321
  • Chapter 23. Socio-Economic Aspects of Artisanal Marine Fisheries Management in West Africa323
  • Chapter 24. Fish Utilisation and Marketing in Ghana: State of the Art and Future Perspective345
  • Institutions & Governance355
  • Chapter 25. How Can Collaborative Research be Most Useful to Fisheries Management in Developing Coun357
  • Chapter 26. Research and Extension Linkages in Ghana's Agricultural Development: The Case of Marine365
  • Part V: Index371
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780444510280
  • ISBN-13 9780080532738
  • Author McGlade, J.M.; Cury, P.; Koranteng, K.A.; Hardman-Mountford, N.J.
  • Category Science
  • Subject Environmental Science

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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.