History of marine animal populations: a global research program of the Census of marine life

• Published in: Oceanologica Acta
• Main Author: Holm, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gauthier-villars/editions Elsevier 2002
• Subjects: Histoire; Vie marine; Recensement; history; marine life; census; Blanche; White Sea
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00322/43303/43039.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0399-1784(02)01200-8; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00322/43303/

This paper examines the relationship between history and science with regard to the marine environment. It argues that historians and scientists should collaborate to reconstruct past ecosystems. Such collaboration to shed some light on the reasons why the life in the oceans appears as it does today...