Preface -- Case Studies of Perturbations in Large Marine Ecosystems -- Introduction to Part One: Case Studies of Perturbations in Large Marine Ecosystems -- Changes in the Biomass of the Yellow Sea Ecosystem -- Recent Large-Scale Changes in the Biomass of the Kuroshio Current Ecosystem -- Oceanographic and Biomass Changes in the Oyashio Current Ecosystem -- Yield Dynamics as an Index of Biomass Shifts in the Gulf of Thailand Ecosystems -- Large-Scale Shifts in Biomass of the Great Barrier Reef Ecosystem -- Characteristics and Management of the Benguela as a Large Marine Ecosystem -- Biomass Changes in the Iberian Ecosystem -- Pelagic Production and Variability of the Barents Sea Ecosystem -- Biological Productivity in the Gulf of Mexico: Identifying the Causes of Variability in Fisheries -- Biomass Flips in Large Marine Ecosystems -- Geographic Perspectives of Large Marine Ecosystems -- Introduction to Part Two: Geographic Perspectives of Large Marine Ecosystems -- Large Marine Ecosystems as Global Management Units -- Remote Sensing of Large Marine Ecosystems: Uses of CZCS and AVHRR Data -- Large Marine Ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean -- The Political Division of Large Marine Ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean and Some Associated Seas -- Developing an Ecosystem Management Regime for Large Marine Ecosystems -- Management of Large Marine Ecosystems