The fallacy of the missing middle: physics →…→ fisheries
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Fisheries Oceanography
- Vol. 7 (1) , 63-65
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2419.1998.00048.x
Abstract
In this paper I discuss some of the shortcomings of today's marine science in response to a recently published paper by Ann Gargett (1997). Three problem areas have been identified in the field linking climate forcing and fish production: First, the yet‐to‐be established observational proof for a relationship between the two; Second, the strongly neglected biology of organisms at evolutionary and ecological time scales; and thrird, the disregard for spatial and temporal scales in the discussion of mechanisms and supporting data.Keywords
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