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| Author | : Juan J. Alava |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2017-07-12 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1351647636 |
Pinnipeds are a fascinating group of marine mammals that play a crucial role as apex predators and sentinels of the functioning and health of marine ecosystems. They are found in the most extreme environments from the Polar regions to the tropics. Pinnipeds are comprised of about 34 species, and of those at least 25% live permanently in tropical zones. This book reviews and updates current research on the biology, marine ecology, bio-monitoring, and conservation of tropical pinniped populations, including their behavior, anthropogenic stressors, and health. It also looks at challenges to be faced for the conservation of tropical pinnipeds, many of which are threatened species.
| Author | : Simon Jungblut |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2018-08-29 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3319932845 |
This open access book presents the proceedings volume of the YOUMARES 8 conference, which took place in Kiel, Germany, in September 2017, supported by the German Association for Marine Sciences (DGM). The YOUMARES conference series is entirely bottom-up organized by and for YOUng MARine RESearchers. Qualified early career scientists moderated the scientific sessions during the conference and provided literature reviews on aspects of their research field. These reviews and the presenters’ conference abstracts are compiled here. Thus, this book discusses highly topical fields of marine research and aims to act as a source of knowledge and inspiration for further reading and research.
| Author | : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 755 |
| Release | : 2022-04-30 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9781009157971 |
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
| Author | : Mark D. Schwartz |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 567 |
| Release | : 2011-04-28 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9400706324 |
Phenology is the study of plant and animal life cycle events, which are triggered by environmental changes, especially temperature. Wide ranges of phenomena are included, from first openings of leaf and flower buds, to insect hatchings and return of birds. Each one gives a ready measure of the environment as viewed by the associated organism. Thus, phenological events are ideal indicators of the impact of local and global changes in weather and climate on the earth's biosphere. Assessing our changing world is a complex task that requires close cooperation from experts in biology, climatology, ecology, geography, oceanography, remote sensing and other areas. This book is a synthesis of current phenological knowledge, designed as a primer on the field for global change and general scientists, students and interested members of the public. With contributions from a diverse group of over fifty phenological experts, covering data collection, current research, methods and applications, it demonstrates the accomplishments and potential of phenology as an integrative environmental science.
| Author | : John L. Gittleman |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 696 |
| Release | : 2001-06-28 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780521665377 |
Carnivores are the focus of intense attention and resources in conservation biology. It is often argued that, because carnivores are at the top of the food chain, if they are protected, then other taxa will also be afforded adequate protection. Carnivores are also charismatic and compete with humans for dwindling space and environmental resources. In the past 10 years, theoretical and empirical studies on carnivores have developed very quickly. This volume reviews and summarises the current state of the field, describes limitations and opportunities for carnivore conservation, and offers a conceptual framework for future research and applied management. As such it will be of interest to students and researchers of conservation biology, mammalogy, animal behaviour, ecology and evolution.
| Author | : Michael A. Castellini |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2015-11-18 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1482242699 |
Suppose you were designing a marine mammal. What would you need to think about to allow it to live in the ocean? How would you keep it warm? What would you design to allow it to dive for very long periods to extreme depths? Where would it find water to drink? How would you minimize the cost of swimming, and how would it find its prey in the deep an
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : Fisheries |
| ISBN | : 9780473562021 |
| Author | : Richard M. Laws |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
Collection of 15 papers on Antarctic ecology: The terrestrial environment by D.W.H. Walton; Terrestrial plant biology by R.I. Lewis Smith; Terrestrial microbiology, invertebrates and ecosystems by W. Block; Introduced mammals by W.N. Bonner; Inland waters by R.B. Heywood; The marine environment by T.D. Foster; The marine flora by R.B. Heywood and T.M. Whitaker; Marine zooplankton by J. Everson; Fish by J. Everson; Seabirds by J.P. Croxall; Seals by R.M. Laws; Whales by S.G. Brown and C.H. Lockyer; Marine interactions by J. Everson; Conservation and the Antarctic by W.N. Bonner.
| Author | : Glenn R. VanBlaricom |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3642728456 |
The impetus for this volume comes from two sources. The first is scientific: by virtue of a preference for certain large benthic invertebrates as food, sea otters have interesting and significant effects on the structure and dynamics of nearshore communities in the North Pacific. The second is political: be cause of the precarious status of the sea otter population in coastal California, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced, in June 1984, a proposal to establish a new population of sea otters at San Nicolas Island, off southern California. The proposal is based on the premise that risks of catastrophic losses of sea otters, due to large oil spills, are greatly reduced by distributing the population among two geographically separate locations. The federal laws of the U.S. require that USFWS publish an Environmental Impact Statement (ElS) regarding the proposed translocation of sea otters to San Nicolas Island. The EIS is intended to be an assessment of likely bio logical, social, and economic effects of the proposal. In final form, the EIS has an important role in the decision of federal management authority (in this case, the Secretary of the Interior of the U.S.) to accept or reject the proposal.
| Author | : Stewart Keith Eltringham |
| Publisher | : MacMillan |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
