Volume 1 Seabird Biodiversity And Human Activities

Author : Jaime A. Ramos,Leonel Pereira
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000622843

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Volume 1: Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities by Jaime A. Ramos,Leonel Pereira Pdf

Seabirds are global travellers connecting oceans and seas all over the world, and facing multiple threats at local and global scales. Seabirds are long-lived top predators, reflecting changes at lower trophic levels, and are good models to assess ecological changes produced by human societies. Thus, world-wide collaborations are needed to understand seabird ecology and to develop effective conservation measures benefitting both humans and seabird populations. This book provides a modern overview on seabird biodiversity studies: it begins by covering the most up-to-date techniques to study seabirds, and then focus on pragmatic issues related with interactions between seabirds and humans, the use of seabirds as ecological indicators and conservation of seabirds. It gives an updated insight on all these topics and highlights gaps that need further development for a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between seabirds and human actions. This book covers the response of the seabird research community to a biodiversity crisis aiming to contribute towards environmental sustainability. It should provide inspiration to a wide range of professionals and students, including the much needed world-wide collaboration between research groups and practitioners. In this way seabird research and conservation provide an inspiration for the solution of global issues such as climate change.

Author : Jaime A. Ramos,Leonel Pereira
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Marine biodiversity conservation
ISBN : 0367498286

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Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities by Jaime A. Ramos,Leonel Pereira Pdf

This book covers all modern issues related with the study of seabirds and their conservation. It provides a comprehensive review of modern techniques to study seabirds, from biologging to stable isotopes. It addresses and discusses in detail modern and conflicting issues between seabirds and humans including fisheries, the use of seabirds as sentinels of marine pollution and climate change, urban seabirds, marine reserves and policy, habitat management and science outreach

Author : Jaime A. Ramos,Leonel Pereira
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000622577

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Volume 1: Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities by Jaime A. Ramos,Leonel Pereira Pdf

Seabirds are global travellers connecting oceans and seas all over the world, and facing multiple threats at local and global scales. Seabirds are long-lived top predators, reflecting changes at lower trophic levels, and are good models to assess ecological changes produced by human societies. Thus, world-wide collaborations are needed to understand seabird ecology and to develop effective conservation measures benefitting both humans and seabird populations. This book provides a modern overview on seabird biodiversity studies: it begins by covering the most up-to-date techniques to study seabirds, and then focus on pragmatic issues related with interactions between seabirds and humans, the use of seabirds as ecological indicators and conservation of seabirds. It gives an updated insight on all these topics and highlights gaps that need further development for a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between seabirds and human actions. This book covers the response of the seabird research community to a biodiversity crisis aiming to contribute towards environmental sustainability. It should provide inspiration to a wide range of professionals and students, including the much needed world-wide collaboration between research groups and practitioners. In this way seabird research and conservation provide an inspiration for the solution of global issues such as climate change.

Author : R. W. Furness,P. Monaghan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0216920876

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Seabird Ecology by R. W. Furness,P. Monaghan Pdf

Author : Garrett Mahala
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Sea birds
ISBN : 1634634969

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Seabirds and Songbirds by Garrett Mahala Pdf

Humans have altered and created entirely new environments to which animals have either adapted or been extirpated. Urban environments are one of the most extreme examples of how humans have changed previous habitats. Urban environments present massive challenges for birds living in these spaces and the impacts can be seen on all aspects of their behavior including how they communicate with one another. This book discusses how seabirds and songbirds have adapted for life in urban areas, how it has impacted their migratory behavior, and also examines the ecology and conservation of these two species.

Author : R. W. Furness
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461320937

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Seabird Ecology by R. W. Furness Pdf

In the last few years there has been an excltmg upsurge in seabird research. There are several reasons for this. Man's increased ex ploitation of natural resources has led to a greater awareness of the potential conflicts with seabirds, and of the use of seabirds to indicate the damage we might be doing to our environment. Many seabird populations have increased dramatically in numbers and so seem more likely to conflict with man, for example through competition for food or transmission of diseases. Oil exploration and production has resulted in major studies of seabird distributions and ecology in relation to oil pollution. The possibility that seabirds may provide information on fish stock biology is now being critically investigated. Some seabird species have suffered serious declines in numbers and require conservation action to be taken to reduce the chances that they will become extinct. This requires an understanding of the factors determining their population size and dynamics.

Author : James E. Maragos
Publisher : Program
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : UCSD:31822031308711

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Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Tropical Island Pacific Region: Population, development, and conservation priorities by James E. Maragos Pdf

Author : Zhaoqing Yang,Andrea Copping
Publisher : Springer
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319535364

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Marine Renewable Energy by Zhaoqing Yang,Andrea Copping Pdf

This complete reference to marine renewable energy covers aspects of resource characterization and physical effects of harvesting the ocean’s vast and powerful resources—from wave and tidal stream to ocean current energy. Experts in each of these areas contribute their insights to provide a cohesive overview of the marine renewable energy spectrum based on theoretical, numerical modeling, and field-measurement approaches. They provide clear explanations of the underlying physics and mechanics, and give close consideration to practical implementation aspects, including impacts on the physical system. Engineers, researchers, and students alike will find invaluable tools and studies that will aid them in realizing significant sustainable energy production from near-shore and ocean environments.

Author : NETTLESHIP DN
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995-07-17
Category : Bird populations
ISBN : UCSD:31822023312598

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SEABIRDS ON ISLANDS PB by NETTLESHIP DN Pdf

Author : Pacific Seabird Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Birds
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132965554

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Pacific Seabirds by Pacific Seabird Group Pdf

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250134196

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The Seabird's Cry by Adam Nicolson Pdf

Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land." A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall, dropping by nearly 70% in the last sixty years, a billion fewer now than there were in 1950. Of the ten birds in this book, seven are in decline, at least in part of their range. Extinction stalks the ocean and there is a danger that the grand cry of the seabird colony, rolling around the bays and headlands of high latitudes, will this century become little but a memory. Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and NYT best-selling author Adam Nicolson has been in love with them all his life: for their mastery of wind and ocean, their aerial beauty and the unmatched wildness of the coasts and islands where every summer they return to breed. The seabird’s cry comes from an elemental layer in the story of the world. Over the last couple of decades, modern science has begun to understand their epic voyages, their astonishing abilities to navigate for tens of thousands of miles on featureless seas, their ability to smell their way towards fish and home. Only the poets in the past would have thought of seabirds as creatures riding the ripples and currents of the entire planet, but that is what the scientists are seeing now today.

Author : R.W. Furness,J.J.D. Greenwood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401513227

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Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change by R.W. Furness,J.J.D. Greenwood Pdf

Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change looks at how bird populations are affected by pollutants, water quality, and other physical changes and how this scientific knowledge can help in predicting the effects of pollutants and other physical changes in the environment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : UCSD:31822009511973

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Fisheries Centre Research Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : John I. Spicer
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781435851672

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Biodiversity by John I. Spicer Pdf

Discusses the many different life forms that have existed on Earth, their importance, and how they have changed over time.

Author : José Carlos Báez,Juan-Tomás Vázquez,Juan Antonio Camiñas,Mohammed Malouli Idrissi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030655167

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Alboran Sea - Ecosystems and Marine Resources by José Carlos Báez,Juan-Tomás Vázquez,Juan Antonio Camiñas,Mohammed Malouli Idrissi Pdf

The Alboran Sea represents a regional Mediterranean space where North and South worlds merges, creating a geopolitical region where marine resources and maritime activities should be managed from a national and international perspectives. It is widely known, that currently the planet is suffering a global change, and it is also affecting the Alboran Sea, its ecosystems and populations. An important first step to update a paramount vision on this region is to understand the climatic, geologic and oceanographic, including biochemical cycles, process which shapes the rich geodiversity, biodiversity, the productivity, and the sustainable use of the marine resources from Alboran Sea. The fisheries management system should take into account marine environmental variability to achieve biological sustainability of marine resources. Well-funded policy-makers’ decisions require a sound science based knowledge of the interaction between the marine environment and commercial stocks. This is because the role of marine environment in the evolution of fish stocks is sometimes even more important than the one played by fishers in the commercial exploitation of them. Finally, we should analyze the different aspects of political context that could affect the management of the resources from Alboran Sea in the context of climate change. This book reviews different aspects of the Alboran Sea to help understand the current situation from the original Tethis Ocean. The book is divided into four blocks: (i) Oceanographic, geological and ecological context (chapters 2 to 7), (ii) biodiversity and ecosystems distribution (chapters 8 to 12), (iii) fisheries resources and aquaculture (chapters 13 to 20), and (iv) conservation, management and marine polices (chapters 21 to 25).