Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish by Dave Checkley, Jrge... - 9781107434202

Climate Change and Small Pelagic FishAuthor(s): Dave Checkley, Jrgen Alheit, Yoshioki Oozeki, Claude Roy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107434202, 978-1107434202\nSynopsis\nThis book details the effects of climate variability on small pelagic fish and their ecosystems and fisheries. Particularly abundant in coastal upwelling regions off the west coasts of the Americas and Africa, off Japan, and in the North East Atlantic, the stocks of these fish fluctuate greatly over the timescale of decades, with large ecological and economic effects. This book describes the nature and cause of these fluctuations, and their consequences. It outlines results from paleo-oceanographic studies, showing that similar fluctuations have also occurred over the past two millennia. The potential effects of future climate change, both natural and anthropogenic, on stocks and fisheries, are considered. The book conclu.