Coastal Off-Shore Ecosystems Relationships – Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)

Chair(s)

J.J. Zijlstra (Netherlands)

Other Full Members

B.-O. Jansson (Sweden), P. Lasserre (France), A.D. McIntyre (UK), R.C Newell (UK), Scott W. Nixon (USA), M.M. Pamatmat (USA), B. Zeitzschel (Germany), Bjorn Kjerfve (USA)

Terms of Reference

To review and compare the energetics of coastal (littoral and estuarine) and offshore pelagic and benthic populations
To suggest methods for improving knowledge of energy conversion between coastal and offshore pelagic migratory and benthic populations and to determine what further research is needed.

Meetings

1981: Bordeaux, France
April 1986: San Francisco, California, USA Draft Program

Publications

Coastal Offshore Ecosystems Relationships, UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science 48 (1986)