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History of international co-operation in research / Jürgen Alheit and Andrew Bakun -- A short scientific history of the fisheries / Alec D. MacCall -- Habitats / David M. Checkley Jr. ... [et al..] -- Variability from scales in marine sediments and other historical records / David B. Field ... [et al..] -- Decadal-scale variability in populations / Jürgen Alheit, Claude Roy, and Souad Kifani -- Biophysical models / Christophe Lett, Kenneth A. Rose, and Bernard A. Megrey -- Trophic dynamics / Carl D. van der Lingen ... [et al..] -- Impacts of fishing and climate change explored using trophic models / Lynne Shannon ... [et al..] -- Current trends in the assessment and management of stocks / Manuel Barange ... [et al..] -- Global production and economics / Samuel F. Herrick Jr. ... [et al..] -- Human dimensions of the fisheries under global change / Rosemary E. Ommer ... [et al..] -- Mechanisms of low-frequency fluctuations in sardine and anchovy populations / Alec D. MacCall -- Research challenges in the twenty-first century / Andrew Bakun -- Conjectures on future climate effects on marine ecosystems dominated by small pelagic fish / Pierre Fréon, Francisco Werner, and Francisco P. Chavez -- Synthesis and perspective / David M. Checkley Jr. ... [et al..].

This 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 NE 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 concludes by recommending the continued international study and assessment of small pelagic fish in order to best inform management and policy under a changing climate. It is written for research scientists, academics, and policy makers in fisheries, oceanography, and climate change.