Tools for oceanography and ecosystemic modeling / edited by André Monaco, Patrick Prouzet.

For a Systemic and Transdisciplinary Approach to the Environment / Andre Monaco, Patrick Prouzet, Patrick Vincent -- Vulnerability to Global Change: Observation Strategies for the Marine Environment / Patrick Farcy, Gilles Reverdin, Philippe Bertrand -- Fishing Technology for Fisheries Research / Pascal Larnaud, Benoit Vincent -- Acoustics to Detect and Measure Underwater Organisms / Verena Trenkel, Aude Pacini, Laurent Berger -- "Bio-logging" as a Tool to Study and Monitor Marine Ecosystems, or How to Spy on Sea Creatures / Yann Tremblay, Sophie Bertrand -- Modeling Strategies for Ecosystems / Cedric Bacher, Nathalie Niquil -- The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries: Reconciling Conservation and Exploitation / Philippe Cury, Arnaud Bertrand, Sophie Bertrand, Marta Coll, Philippe Gros, Souad Koifani, Francois Le Loch, Olivier Maury, Frederic Menard, Florent Renaud, Lynn Shannon, Yunne-Jai Shin -- Modeling in Contemporary Sciences: Efficiency and Limits Examples from Oceanography / Alain Pave.

Studying the Ocean Planet requires measuring and sampling instruments to feed models that take into account its complexity. This book presents the diversity of observation and monitoring techniques at various scales, but also different kinds of model that take into account some conceptual schemes incorporating various scientific knowledge. Sampling is approached via the efficiency of fishing gears; underwater acoustics is used to detect, count, identify and listen to live and mobile living resources. Bio-logging allows us to rely on the behavior of marine animals to help investigate environments that are difficult to sample by conventional means, while listing the physiological changes they undergo. Modeling is presented not only in a functional framework, but also in an exploratory design incorporating various scenarios for ecosystem changes under the pressure of global change. This ninth volume completes the "Seas and Oceans" Set that adopts a transversal approach leading to the governance and sustainable management of the marine environment.