Ecology and Conservation of Pinnipeds in Latin America

Ecology and Conservation of Pinnipeds in Latin America
Author: Gisela Heckel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2021-03-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 303063177X

Pinnipeds are marine mammals that include eared seals, true seals, and walruses. This book presents detailed reviews on the ecology and conservation of 10 pinniped species along the coasts and islands in Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Topics covered include their population dynamics, trophic ecology, reproduction, and behavior. In addition, the book addresses major conservation issues regarding climate change, interaction with fisheries, ecotourism, and other human activities.

Status, Biology, and Ecology of Fur Seals

Status, Biology, and Ecology of Fur Seals
Author: John P. Croxall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1987
Genre: Northern fur seal
ISBN:

14 species summaries, 12 contributed papers and 5 rapporteurs' reports on fur seals throughout the world including the Pribilof Islands and Antarctica.

UCN red list of threatened animals. 1994

UCN red list of threatened animals. 1994
Author: Brian Groombridge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre:
ISBN: 9782831701943

Contains the following lists - threatened species; extinct species; threatened genera; threatened and extinct subspecies; commercially threatened.

Tropical Pinnipeds

Tropical Pinnipeds
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.

Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters

Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters
Author: Todd J. Braje
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2011-03-23
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0520267265

“The bones recovered from the middens of the northeastern Pacific shorelines have important stories to tell biologists, marine mammalogists, and those concerned with marine conservation. This volume unearths a wealth of information about the historical ecology of seals, sea lions, and sea otters in the North Pacific that spans thousands of years. It provides fascinating insights into how the world once looked, and how it may one day look again as seals, sea lions, and sea otters reclaim and recolonize their former haunts.”—Andrew Trites, Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia “Braje and Rick have assembled a compelling set of case studies on the long-term and complex interactions between people, marine mammals, and environments in the Northeast Pacific. The promise of zooarchaeology as historical science is on full display, as researchers use geochemistry, aDNA, morphometrics, and traditional analytic methods to address questions of utmost importance to the long-term health of coastal ecosystems. If this book doesn't convince conservation biology about the need to take the long view of animal histories and ecosystems into account in developing conservation management plans, I'm not sure what will.”—Virginia L. Butler, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University

Astro

Astro
Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1607180766

After Astro, an orphaned Steller sea lion, was rescued by scientists at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, his attachment to people made him unable to be returned to the ocean and he now lives at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.

Marine Mammals Ashore

Marine Mammals Ashore
Author: Joseph R. Geraci
Publisher: National Aquarium in Baltimore
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2005
Genre: Marine mammals
ISBN: 0977460908

Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.

Pinnipeds and El Niño

Pinnipeds and El Niño
Author: Fritz Trillmich
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642763987

El Niño is a meteorological and oceanographic phenomenon, which occurs at irregular intervals in the eastern tropical Pacific. Its most obvious characteristic is the warming of surface waters, which causes enormous disturbances of the marine environment. A severe Niño may also affect continental systems worldwide. This book gathers in a comprehensive way the information available on the effects of the exceptionally strong 1982-83 Niño on a group of marine mammals, the pinnipeds. It presents an analysis of the effects of environmental stress on the populations of top predators. Data and interpretations are based on a most unusual collection of long-term studies of pinniped population dynamics, behavior and ecology which spanned the El Niño event. The responses of pinniped populations to the El Niño disturbance of the marine ecosystem also has important implications for the management and conservation of marine mammal populations.

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
Author: William F. Perrin
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 1355
Release: 2009-02-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080919936

This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date. Articles describe every species in detail, based on the very latest taxonomy, and a host of biological, ecological and sociological aspects relating to marine mammals. The latest information on the biology, ecology, anatomy, behavior and interactions with man is provided by a cast of expert authors – all presented in such detail and clarity to support both marine mammal specialists and the serious naturalist. Fully referenced throughout and with a fresh selection of the best color photographs available, the long-awaited second edition remains at the forefront as the go-to reference on marine mammals. - More than 20% NEW MATERIAL includes articles on Climate Change, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Sociobiology, Habitat Use, Feeding Morphology and more - Over 260 articles on the individual species with topics ranging from anatomy and behavior, to conservation, exploitation and the impact of global climate change on marine mammals - New color illustrations show every species and document topical articles FROM THE FIRST EDITION "This book is so good...a bargain, full of riches...packed with fascinating up to date information. I recommend it unreservedly it to individuals, students, and researchers, as well as libraries." --Richard M. Laws, MARINE MAMMALS SCIENCE "...establishes a solid and satisfying foundation for current study and future exploration" --Ronald J. Shusterman, SCIENCE