Upwelling and Fish Production

Table of Contents

by

D.H. Cushing
Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft

FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 84 (Distribution restricted)
FRs/T84
General - Productivity

FAO
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, JUNE 1969

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Table of Contents

PREFACE

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PHYSICAL BACKGROUND

3. THE BIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

4. THE WIDTH OF THE UPWELLING ZONE

5. THE RELATION BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND RATE OF UPWELLING

6. DESCRIPTION OF AREAS

6.1 The main areas
6.2 The equatorial system
6.3 Domes
6.4 Upwellings in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian region, including the South China Sea

7. CARBON PRODUCTION

8. THE PRODUCTION OF ZOOPLANKTON

9. TROPHIC LEVEL EFFICIENCY AND THE THIRD TROPHIC LEVEL

10. THE BIOLOGY OF AN UPWELLING AREA

11. DISCUSSION

TABLE I. ANNUAL PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY PRODUCTION IN THE UPWELLING AREAS

REFERENCES

FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER