The marine ecosystem off Peru: What are the secrets of its fishery productivity and what might its future hold?

Bakun, A. and Weeks, S. J. (2008) The marine ecosystem off Peru: What are the secrets of its fishery productivity and what might its future hold?. Progress in Oceanography, 79 2-4: 290-299. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.027


Author Bakun, A.
Weeks, S. J.
Title The marine ecosystem off Peru: What are the secrets of its fishery productivity and what might its future hold?
Journal name Progress in Oceanography   Check publisher's open access policy
ISSN 0079-6611
Publication date 2008-10-01
Year available 2008
Sub-type Critical review of research, literature review, critical commentary
DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.027
Open Access Status
Volume 79
Issue 2-4
Start page 290
End page 299
Total pages 10
Editor Werner, C.
Lough, G. R.
Place of publication United Kingdom
Publisher Pergamon
Language eng
Subject C1
960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales
060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
Abstract The marine ecosystem located off the coast of central and northern Peru has stood as the "world's champion" producer, by far, of exploitable fish biomass, generally yielding more than 20 times the tonnage of fishery landings produced by other comparable regional large marine ecosystems of the world's oceans that operate under similar dynamic contexts and are characterized by comparable, or even greater, basic primary production. Two potentially contributing aspects are discussed from a framework of interregional comparative pattern recognition: (1) the advantageous low-latitude situation that combines strong upwelling-based nutrient enrichment with low wind-induced turbulence generation and relatively extended mean "residence times" within the favorable upwelling-conditioned near-coastal habitat and (2) the cyclic "re-setting" of the system by ENSO perturbations that may tend to interrupt malignant growth of adverse self-amplifying feedback loops within the nonlinear biological dynamics of the ecosystem.
Keyword Oceanography
Oceanography
OCEANOGRAPHY
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Confirmed Code
Institutional Status UQ

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Sub-type: Critical review of research, literature review, critical commentary
Collections: 2009 Higher Education Research Data Collection
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