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### The Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Assessment, Sustainability, and Management Ed. by Herb Kumpf, Karen Steidinger, and Kenneth Sherman Published by Blackwell Science, Inc. Malden, MA, USA.

I. Ecosystem-Level Assessment and Sustainability of Natural Resources
Chapter 1 Gulf of Mexico Program: Partnership with a Purpose - by J. D. Giattina and D. T. Altsman
Chapter 2 Economic Significance of the Gulf of Mexico Related to Population, Income, Employment, Minerals, Fisheries, and Shipping - by J. C. Cato and C. M. Adams
Chapter 3 Modular Approach to the Monitoring and Assessment of Large Marine Ecosystems - by K. Sherman
Chapter 4 Inputs and Outputs of the Gulf of Mexico - by R. E. Turner
II. Physical and Biological Characteristics of the Gulf
Chapter 5 Physical Oceanography of the Gulf of Mexico: Processes that Regulate its Biology - b y W. J. Wiseman, Jr. and W. Sturges
Chapter 6 Outer Shelf and Slope Geology of the Gulf of Mexico: An Overview - by H. H. Roberts, R. A. McBride, and J. M. Coleman
Chapter 7 Characteristics of Marine Meteorology and Climatology in the Gulf of Mexico - by S. A. Hsu
Chapter 8 An Overview of the Marine Chemistry of the Gulf of Mexico - by A. M. Shiller
III. Patterns of Productivity
Chapter 9 What Controls Primary Production in the Gulf of Mexico? - by S. E. Lohrenz, D. A. Wi esenburg, R. A. Arnone, and X. Chen
Chapter 10 Overview of Continental Shelf Benthic Communities of the Gulf of Mexico - by N. N. R abalais, R. S. Carney, and E. G. Escobar-Briones
Chapter 11 Status of Exploited Fish Species in the Gulf of Mexico - by R. L. Shipp
Chapter 12 Shrimp Fisheries in the South Gulf of Mexico: Present and Future Management Alternat ives - by A. Gracia and A. R. Vázquez-Bader Gulf of Mexico http://www.lme.noaa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article...

2 of 3 2/13/2012 11:31 AMChapter 13 Stock-Recruitment Relationships: A Scientific Challenge to Support Fisheries Managementin the Campeche Bank, Mexico - by F. Arreguín-Sánchez, J. A. Sánchez, D. FloresHernández, J. Ramos-Miranda, P. Sánchez-Gil, and A. Yánez-Arancibia Chapter 14 Distribution and Relative Abundance of Pelagic Seabirds of the Northern Gulf of Mexico - by D. E. Peake Chapter 15 Status of Sea Turtle Stocks in the Gulf of Mexico with Emphasis on the Kemp's Ridley - by A. M. Landry, Jr. and D. Costa Chapter 16 Marine Mammals of the Northern Gulf of Mexico - by K. D. Mullin and L. J. Hansen Chapter 17 Toward a Stratified Mass-Balance Model of Trophic Fluxes in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem - by D. Pauly, F. Arreguín-Sánchez, J. Browder, V. Christensen, S. Manickchand-Heilemann, E. Martinez, and L. Vidal IV. Assessment of Ecologic Stresses on the Gulf Ecosystem Chapter 18 Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Linkages with the Mississippi River - by N. N. Rabalais, R. E. Turner, and W. J. Wiseman, Jr. Chapter 19 Role of Nutrients in Regulating Plankton Blooms in Florida Bay - by C. R. Tomas, B. Bendis, and K. Johns Chapter 20 Persistent Brown Tide Bloom in Laguna Madre, Texas - by T. E. Whitledge, D. A. Stockwell, E. J. Buskey, K. C. Dunton, G. J. Holt, S. A. Holt, and P. A. Montagna Chapter 21 Comparison of Nutrient Loadings and Fluxes into the U.S. Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) with the Gulf of Mexico and Other LMEs - by N. A. Jaworski Chapter 22 Oil Pollution in the Southern Gulf of Mexico - by G. Gold-Bouchot, O. Zapata-Pérez, E. Noreña-Barroso, M. Herrera-Rodríguez, V. Ceja-Moreno, and M. Zavala-Coral V. Ecosystem Health Chapter 23 What is a Healthy Ecosystem? - by R. Costanza and M. Mageau Chapter 24 Using Legal Principles to Promote the "Health" of the Ecosystem - by M. H. Belsky Chapter 25 A Pollution Monitoring Module for Assessing Changing States of Large Marine Ecosystems - by A. Robertson and J. HameediChapter 26 A Stress-Response Assessment of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem - by S. H. Birkett and D. J. Rapport Chapter 27 Large Marine Ecosystem Health and Human Health - by P. R. Epstein Chapter 28 North Sea Ecosystem: Status Report - by P. C. Reid Chapter 29 Application of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Detection and Monitoring of Marine Perturbations - by C. A. Friel VI. Management and Governance Chapter 30 Management of Large Marine Ecosystems: A Law of the Sea-Based Governance Regime - by L. M. Alexander Chapter 31 Influence of Marine Perturbations on Marine Fisheries Stock Abundance - by P. J. Rubec Chapter 32 Biomass, Yield Models, and Management Strategies for the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem - by B. E. Brown, J. A. Browder, J. Powers, and C. D. Goodyear Chapter 33 Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for Terminos Lagoon, Campeche, Mexico - by A. Yáñez-Arancibia, A.L. Lara-Domínguez, J.L. Rojas Galaviz, G.J. Villalobos Zapata, D.J. Zárate, and P. Sánchez-Gil Chapter 34 Dune Vegetation and its Biodiversity Along the Gulf of Mexico, a Large Marine Ecosystem - by P. Moreno-Casasola Chapter 35 Freshwater Introduction and Implications for Fisheries Production in Louisiana - by P. E. Bowman, W. S. Perret, and J. E. Roussel Chapter 36 Linking Integrated Coastal Management with Large Marine Ecosystems Management - by S. Olsen Chapter 37 Environmental Compliance and Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Production - by D. Jin and T. A. Grigalunas Chapter 38 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Ecosystem Approach to Trust Resource Management in Gulf of Mexico River Drainages - by D. J. Frugé Chapter 39 National Estuary Program in the Gulf of Mexico - by W. B. Crum Chapter 40Florida's Ecosystem Management Initiatives - by P. McVety Chapter 41 Role of the National Marine Fisheries Service in Natural Resource Management in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem; Andrew Kemmerer - by G. Cranmore, and A. Mager, Jr. Chapter 42 What Do Ecosystem Management and the Current Budget Mean for Federally Supported Environmental Research? - by D. J. Baker