Biological time series (longer than about a century) are usually considered to be rare in the Mediterranean Sea, despite a long history of reginal human exploitation. The Monograph offers a compilation of available biological time series provided, and discussion of the trends uncovered, by the participants in their geographical area, or country, of expertise. Further the reader will find an original review of the many statistical techniques and modelling approaches, developed from diverse disciplines, that can be used to extract and identify trends and interrelationships from time series, as well as methods to deal with incomplete series. |
