In a recent Viewpoint, Longhurst (2003) questions the concept of Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) and its application in two recently published volumes on the North Atlantic and Gulf of Guinea (Sherman and
are a mixture of criticism and opinion about marine research which do little to elucidate any genuine scientific concerns. It is our intention in this Letter to the Editor to correct the inaccuracies in Longhurst’s article and demonstrate how the systematic application of the LME concept has fostere...
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