Waters in Peril

Chapter 1 Biological Invasions of Marine Ecosystems: Patterns, Effects, and Management

Chapter 2 Known and Unknown Biodiversity, Risk of Extinction and Conservation Strategy in the Sea

Chapter 4 Fishing Down Marine Food Webs: An Update

Chapter 5 Ecological Implications of the Shellfishery; A Case Study on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada

Chapter 6 The Oceanic Nitrogen Cycle: A Double-Edged Agent of Environmental Change?

Chapter 7 Beyond Algal Blooms, Oxygen Deficits and Fish Kills: Chronic, Long-Term Impacts of Nutrient Pollution on Aquatic Ecosystems

Chapter 8 Responses of Pelagic Marine Ecosystems to Climate Change — Can We Predict Them?

Chapter 9 The Arctic Ocean and Contaminants: Pathways That Lead to Us

Chapter 10 Shouldn’t We Be Putting Our Sulphide-Rich Mine Tailings in the Ocean or in Lakes Rather than on Land?

Chapter 11 The Cumulative Effects of Climate Warming and Other Human Stresses on Canadian Freshwaters in the New Millennium

Chapter 12 Marine Biological Diversity: Conserving Life in the Neglected Ninety-Nine Percent

Chapter 13 Human Ecology, Material Consumption, and the Sea: Indices of Human Ecological Dysfunction

Chapter 14 Prevention is Better Than Cure: Systems of ‘No-Take’ Marine Reserves