Foreword
Preface
I. Background to climate and response in marine ecology
Introduction
1. Climatic fluctuations and marine systems: a general introduction to the ecological effects, Ottersen, Stenseth & Hurrell
2. Climate variability over the North Atlantic, Hurrell and Dickerson
3. Modelling marine ecosystems and their environmental forcing, Werner, Aretxabaleta and Pehrson
II. Plankton populations
Introduction
4. Phytoplankton, Smayda, Borkman, Beaugrand, Belgrano
5. The influence of climate variability on North Atlantic zooplankton populations, Pershing, Greene, Planque and Fromentin
III. Fish and seabird populations
Introduction
6. The response of fish populations to ocean climate fluctuations, Ottersen, Alheit, Drinkwater, Friedland, Hagen and Stenseth
7. Marine birds and climate fluctuation in the North Atlantic, Durant, Stenseth, Anker-Milssen, Harris, Thompson and Wanless
IV. Community Ecology
Introduction
8. Community ecology of phytoplankton, Belgrano, Lima, Stenseth and Lindahl
9. Benthic communities, Hagberg, Tunberg, Wieking, Kroncke, and Belgrano
10. Climatic influence on marine fish community ecology, Lekve and Stenseth
V. Viewing the climate-ecology interaction in the North Atlantic regions from outside
Introduction
11. Cimate and fisheries: an insight from the Pacific Ocean, Lehodey
12. Complexity of marine fisheries dynamics in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, Bailey, Hollowed and Wooster
13. A fresh (water) perspective on NAO ecological impacts in the North Atlantic, Straile
14. A freshwater perspective on climate variability and its effect on marine ecosystems, Hessen
15. Time lags in terrestrial and marine environments, Post
16. The impact of ENSO on terrestrial ecosystems: a comparison with NAO, Lima and Jaksic
VI: Conclusion -- what are the ecological effects of climate variation in the North Atlantic
Afterword
Index