Seabirds

Seabirds
Author: Peter Harrison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991-09-16
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9780395602911

This is the definitive book on the seabirds of the world, describing virtually all the known species. Illustrated in color.

Groundwater Resources and Salt Water Intrusion in a Changing Environment

Groundwater Resources and Salt Water Intrusion in a Changing Environment
Author: Maurizio Polemio
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3039211978

This Special Issue presents the work of 30 scientists from 11 countries. It confirms that the impacts of global change, resulting from both climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressure, are huge on worldwide coastal areas (and critically so on some islands in the Pacific Ocean), with highly negative effects on coastal groundwater resources, which are widely affected by seawater intrusion. Some improved research methods are proposed in the contributions: using innovative hydrogeological, geophysical, and geochemical monitoring; assessing impacts of the changing environment on the coastal groundwater resources in terms of quantity and quality; and using modelling, especially to improve management approaches. The scientific research needed to face these challenges must continue to be deployed by different approaches based on the monitoring, modelling and management of groundwater resources. Novel and more efficient methods must be developed to keep up with the accelerating pace of global change.

Biology of Marine Birds

Biology of Marine Birds
Author: E. A. Schreiber
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2001-08-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420036300

Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. The book covers four orders of marine birds in detail and includes two summary chapters that address the biology of shorebirds and wading birds and their lives in the marine environment. Summary tables give detailed information on various aspects of their life histories, breeding biology, physiology and energetics, and demography. It provides a guide to ornithologists and students for research projects.