Introduction: The Importance of Shifting Baselines
PART I. The Problem Defined
Chapter 1. A Shoreline Remembrance
Chapter 2. The ""March of Folly"" in Global Fisheries
Chapter 3. If a Frond Falls in the Kelp Forest (Does It Make Any Sound?)
PART II. Anchovies and Sardines
Chapter 4. The Sardine-Anchovy Puzzle
Chapter 5. Variations in Fisheries and Complex Ocean Environments
PART III. Cod
Chapter 6. The Historic Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf
Chapter 7. History and Context: Reflections from Newfoundland
PART IV. Methods in Historical Marine Ecology
Chapter 8. Uncovering the Ocean's Past
Chapter 9. Whales, Logbooks, and DNA
PART V. From Fisheries Management to Ecosystems
Chapter 10. Management in the Gulf of Maine
Chapter 11. Lessons from Coral Reefs
Epilogue: Shifting Baselines for the Future
Notes
Index
PART I. The Problem Defined
Chapter 1. A Shoreline Remembrance
Chapter 2. The ""March of Folly"" in Global Fisheries
Chapter 3. If a Frond Falls in the Kelp Forest (Does It Make Any Sound?)
PART II. Anchovies and Sardines
Chapter 4. The Sardine-Anchovy Puzzle
Chapter 5. Variations in Fisheries and Complex Ocean Environments
PART III. Cod
Chapter 6. The Historic Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf
Chapter 7. History and Context: Reflections from Newfoundland
PART IV. Methods in Historical Marine Ecology
Chapter 8. Uncovering the Ocean's Past
Chapter 9. Whales, Logbooks, and DNA
PART V. From Fisheries Management to Ecosystems
Chapter 10. Management in the Gulf of Maine
Chapter 11. Lessons from Coral Reefs
Epilogue: Shifting Baselines for the Future
Notes
Index