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May, Robert M. (1974). Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
This book surveys a variety of theoretical models bearing on aspects of
population stability in biological communities of interacting species. Some
of the broader themes are the relation between stability and complexity in
general multispecies models; the relation between stability in randomly
fluctuating environments as opposed to deterministic ones; and the way
environmental fluctuations are liable to put a limit to niche overlap, a limit
to similarity, among competing species in the real world. Minor themes
include the way nonlinearities can produce stable limit cycle oscillations in
real ecosystems; the role played by time-delays in feedback mechanisms, and
the way that addition of extra trophic levels can stabilize them; the relation
between stability within one trophic level and total web stability; and why
strong predator-prey links may be more common in nature than strong symbiotic
links. The survey is neither impersonal nor encyclopedic, but rather is an
idiosyncratic reflection of the authors own interests.
May, Robert M. (1980). "Mathematical Models in Whaling and Fisheries
Management." Lectures in Mathematics in the Life Sciences, 13:1-
62.
This article aims to present and discuss some mathematical problems that
arise in the management of fish and whale populations. Some of the topics are
chosen for their intrinsic mathematical interest and have little direct
relation to real management problems, but most of the work does indeed relate
directly to management questions such as the catch quotas for baleen and sperm
whales. The basic mathematical model used by the International Whaling
Commission is described. Then the notion of maximum sustainable yield is
introduced and discussed. The article concludes with a discussion of the
problems posed by multispecies fisheries, especially those where more than one
trophic level is subject to harvesting. Such problems ultimately blend
biology with economics and even politics; more full review are given elsewhere
(Beddington, J.R. and R.M. May (1981). "Management of multispecies
fisheries." Sci. Amer. In preparation).
May, R.M. (ed.) (1984). Exploitation of Marine Communities. Report of
the Dahlem Workshop on Exploitation of Marine Communities, Berlin
1984, April 1-6. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Exploitation of Marine Communities,
Berlin 1984, April 1-6. This volume aims to be a useful appraisal of the state
of the art discussion of four themes; (1) dynamics of single populations, (2)
dynamics of systems with many species, (3) management under uncertainty, and
(4) multispecies management.
May, Robert M., John R. Beddington, Colin W. Clark, Sidney J. Holt, and
Richard M. Laws (1979). "Management of Multispecies Fisheries."
Science, 205(4403):267-277.
With the overexploitation of many conventional fish stocks, and growing
interest in harvesting new kinds of food from the sea, there is increasing
need for managers of fisheries to take account of interactions among species.
In particular, as Antarctic krill-fishing industries grow, there is a need to
agree upon sound principles for managing the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Using
simple models, we discuss the way multispecies food webs respond to the
harvesting of species at different trophic levels. These biological and
economic insights are applied to a discussion of fisheries in the Southern
Ocean and the North Sea and to enunciate some general principles for
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