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The fallacy of the missing middle: physics →…→ fisheries
Author(s) -
BAUMANN MICHAEL
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
fisheries oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1365-2419
pISSN - 1054-6006
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1998.00048.x
Subject(s) - fallacy , forcing (mathematics) , oceanography , field (mathematics) , fish <actinopterygii> , geography , fishery , ecology , climatology , epistemology , biology , geology , mathematics , philosophy , pure mathematics
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.