Part I. Large Marine Ecosystems, Social Theory and LME Management Methodology -- 1.The Large Maine Ecosystems Approach for Assessment and Management of Ocean Coastal Waters -- 2.The Human Dimension in Ecosystem Management: Institutional Performance and The Sea Grant Paradigm -- 3.A Framework for Monitoring and Assessing Socioeconomics and Governance of Large Marine Ecosystems -- 4.Governance Profiles and the Management of Large Marine Ecosystems -- 5.A Total Capital Approach to the Management of Large Marine Ecosystems: Case Studies of Two Natural Resource Disasters -- 6.Ownership of Multi-Attribute Fishery Resources in Large Marine Ecosystems -- Part II. Economic Activity and the Cost of Ownership -- 7.Economic Activity Associated with the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems: Application of an Input-Output Approach -- 8.Portfolio Management of Fish Communities in Large Marine Ecosystems -- 9.Fish Habitat: A Valuable Ecosystem Asset -- 10.The Economic Values of Atlantic Herring in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem: Linking Hydrodynamic and Economic Models for Benefit Estimation -- 11.Eutrophication in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem: Linking Hydrodynamic and Economic Models for Benefit Estimation -- 12.Valuing Large Marine Ecosystem Fishery Losses Because of Disposal of Sediments: A Case Study -- Part III. The Role of Governance and Institutions -- 13.Emergence of a Science Policy-Based Approach to Ecosystem-Oriented Management of Large Marine Ecosystems -- 14.Applications of the Large Marine Ecosystem Approach Toward World Summit Targets -- 15.The Evolution of LME Management Regimes: The Role of Adaptive Governance -- 16.An Evaluation of the Modular Approach to the Assessment and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems -- Editors Conclusion.

pt. 1. Large marine ecosystems, social theory and LME management methodology -- pt. 2. Economic activity and the cost of ownership -- pt. 3. The role of governance and institutions.