Where S The Zebra

Author : Wai Hing Wong,Shawn L. Gerstenberger
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781466595620

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Biology and Management of Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels in the Western United States by Wai Hing Wong,Shawn L. Gerstenberger Pdf

Biology and Management of Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels in the Western United States is a synthesis of the biology and management of invasive mussels from scientists and managers working on invasive quagga and zebra mussels in the western United States. Invasive dreissenid mussels have spread throughout southwestern United States at unprecedented speeds, and present a unique threat to native ecosystems. This book documents the efforts, both successful and unsuccessful, of individuals and agencies after dreissenid mussels invaded the West. Although the book is designed specifically for scientists and managers fighting invasive mussels in western waterbodies, it offers an opportunity for scientists and lake managers worldwide to compare successful strategies relevant to their unique situation. It includes guidance documents and protocols related to early detection, prevention, regulation, monitoring, and control of these invasive pests in the West. It compares quagga and zebra mussels in the western United States with those mussels colonizing the Great Lakes and European waters.

Author : Thomas F. Nalepa,Don W. Schloesser
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439854365

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Quagga and Zebra Mussels by Thomas F. Nalepa,Don W. Schloesser Pdf

The introduction and rapid spread of two Eurasian mussel species, Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel) and Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (quagga mussel), in waters of North America has caused great concern among industrial and recreational water users. These invasive species can create substantial problems for raw water users such as water treatment facilities and power plants, and they can have other negative impacts by altering aquatic environments. In the 20 years since the first edition of this book was published, zebra mussels have continued to spread, and quagga mussels have become the greater threat in the Great Lakes, in deep regions of large lakes, and in the southwestern Unites States. Quagga mussels have also expanded greatly in eastern and western Europe since the first book edition was published. Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control, Second Edition provides a broad view of the zebra/quagga mussel issue, offering a historic perspective and up-to-date information on mussel research. Comprising 48 chapters, this second edition includes reviews of mussel morphology, physiology, and behavior. It details mussel distribution and spread in Europe and across North America, and examines policy and regulatory responses, management strategies, and mitigation efforts. In addition, this book provides extensive coverage of the impact of invasive mussel species on freshwater ecosystems, including effects on water clarity, phytoplankton, water quality, food web changes, and consequences to other aquatic fauna. It also reviews and offers new insights on how zebra and quagga mussels respond and adapt to varying environmental conditions. This new edition includes seven video clips that complement chapter text and, through visual documentation, provide a greater understanding of mussel behavior and distribution.

Author : Thomas F. Nalepa,Don W. Schloesser
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0873716965

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Zebra Mussels Biology, Impacts, and Control by Thomas F. Nalepa,Don W. Schloesser Pdf

The introduction and rapid spread of the zebra mussel in North American waters has caused great concern among industrial and recreational users of these waters. This bivalve mollusk is a biofouler that attaches to any firm substrate (e.g. rocks, piers, water intake pipes, boat hulls) and has already created significant problems for raw water users such as water treatment plants and power plants. Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts and Control provides essential information regarding the biology of the zebra mussel in North America and Europe, presents case studies of environmental and industrial impacts, and outlines control strategies. Summary articles detail its life history, origins, and morphology. The book also examines techniques used to culture and maintain this organism in the laboratory. Thirty-two color plates illustrate some of the dramatic problems created by the explosive population growth of this species. Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control is an important resource for ecologists, conservationists, environmental consultants, water quality engineers, regulatory officials, power utilities, and libraries.

Author : Erkki Leppäkoski,Stephan Gollasch,Sergej Olenin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401599566

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Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts and Management by Erkki Leppäkoski,Stephan Gollasch,Sergej Olenin Pdf

The global scale of alien species invasions is becoming more and more evident in the beginning ofthe new millennium. Though the problem ofbiological invasions became a rapidly growing research area, there are large gaps still, both geographically and the matically, to be filled in the near future. This book is the first attempt to provide an overall picture of aquatic species invasions in Europe. Its geographical scope stretches from Irish waters in the west to Volga River and the Caspian Sea in the east, and from Mediterranean in the south up to the Arctic coast of Europe. Not all parts of the continent could be equally covered, as in some countries species invasions are not studied yet. The book tends to represent the array of all major European aquatic systems on the broadest geographical and ecological scope possible from fully saline seas, semi-enclosed brackish water bodies and coastallagoons to freshwater lakes, major river systems and waterways. The key objectives include the present status and impacts caused by non-native aquatic species in European waters. Please note that lengthy species lists submitted for publication and additional informa tion were put on the Internet, as the electronical version of these tables benefits from computer assisted search for data (http://www. ku. lt/nemo/EuroAquaInvaders. htm). Altogether more than 100 scientists from 24 countries have joined to synthesize the available information on bioinvasions. However, the book does not claim to be fully comprehensive.

Author : Nosy Crow
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780763699147

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Where's the Zebra? by Nosy Crow Pdf

Five stylishly illustrated spreads show a series of friendly safari animals hiding behind bright felt flaps. A mirror on the final spread makes for a satisfying ending to the book’s search-and-find inquiries. (Where are you? There you are!) A perfect book to share with very little ones.

Author : Tim Caro
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226411019

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Zebra Stripes by Tim Caro Pdf

Why do zebras have stripes? Popular explanations range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack.

Author : Barbara deRubertis
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781635927153

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Zachary Zebra's Zippity Zooming by Barbara deRubertis Pdf

ZIP! ZAP! ZOOM! Zachary is usually a zippity zooming zebra! But today he snoozes through his alarm clock and has a blitz of bad luck at school. What’s making Zachary’s zippity zooming fizzle out?

Author : Luis R. G. Oliveira
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192636584

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Externalism about Knowledge by Luis R. G. Oliveira Pdf

Externalism about knowledge is thriving in contemporary epistemology. Nonetheless, externalism is too often caricatured as merely reliabilism, too often reduced to simply externalism about justification, and rarely considered as a cohesive family of related but importantly different views. Externalism About Knowledge addresses all of these issues by bringing new essays from leading externalist epistemologists working on seven different branches of this tradition: process reliabilism, tracking views, safety views, virtue epistemology, proper functionalism, naturalized epistemology, and knowledge first epistemology. This collection highlights their unity, their differences, their interconnections, and their most recent challenges, developments, and extensions.

Author : Edward A. Wasserman,Thomas R. Zentall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0195167651

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Comparative Cognition by Edward A. Wasserman,Thomas R. Zentall Pdf

In 1978, Hulse, Fowler, and Honig published Cognitive Processes in Animal Behavior, an edited volume that was a landmark in the scientific study of animal intelligence. It liberated interest in complex learning and cognition from the grasp of the rigid theoretical structures of behaviorism that had prevailed during the previous four decades, and as a result, the field of comparative cognition was born. At long last, the study of the cognitive capacities of animals other than humans emerged as a worthwhile scientific enterprise. No less rigorous than purely behavioristic investigations, studies of animal intelligence spanned such wide-ranging topics as perception, spatial learning and memory, timing and numerical competence, categorization and conceptualization, problem solving, rule learning, and creativity. During the ensuing 25 years, the field of comparative cognition has thrived and grown, and public interest in it has risen to unprecedented levels. In their quest to understand the nature and mechanisms of intelligence, researchers have studied animals from bees to chimpanzees. Sessions on comparative cognition have become common at meetings of the major societies for psychology and neuroscience, and in fact, research in comparative cognition has increased so much that a separate society, the Comparative Cognition Society, has been formed to bring it together. This volume celebrates comparative cognition's first quarter century with a state-of-the-art collection of chapters covering the broad realm of the scientific study of animal intelligence. Comparative Cognition will be an invaluable resource for students and professional researchers in all areas of psychology and neuroscience.

Author : George J. Adler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1400 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : English language
ISBN : OSU:32435050188770

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A Dictionary of the German and English Language by George J. Adler Pdf

Author : Paul K. Moser
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : 0195130057

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The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology by Paul K. Moser Pdf

This reference work discusses one of the core topics of philosophy - the theory of knowledge. Connecting to virtually every other subfield, epistemology is central to mainstream philosophy. This book explains the ideas and problems of the field while avoiding overly technical detail.

Author : Stanton Braude,Bobbi S. Low
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400835454

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An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology by Stanton Braude,Bobbi S. Low Pdf

An innovative introduction to ecology and evolution This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. It explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and persuasive grant writing. And contributors use examples from their own cutting-edge research, providing diverse views to engage students and broaden their understanding. This is the only textbook on the subject featuring a collaborative "active learning" approach that emphasizes hands-on learning. Every chapter has exercises that enable students to work directly with the material at their own pace and in small groups. Each problem includes data presented in a rich array of formats, which students use to answer questions that illustrate patterns, principles, and methods. Topics range from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and population effective size to optimal foraging and indices of biodiversity. The book also includes a comprehensive glossary. In addition to the editors, the contributors are James Beck, Cawas Behram Engineer, John Gaskin, Luke Harmon, Jon Hess, Jason Kolbe, Kenneth H. Kozak, Robert J. Robertson, Emily Silverman, Beth Sparks-Jackson, and Anton Weisstein. Provides experience with hypothesis testing, experimental design, and scientific reasoning Covers core quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation Turns "discussion sections" into "thinking labs" Professors: A supplementary Instructor's Manual is available for this book. It is restricted to teachers using the text in courses. For information on how to obtain a copy, refer to: http://press.princeton.edu/class_use/solutions.html

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031862949

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Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway (MN, WI), Cooperative Management Plan by Anonim Pdf

Author : James E. Alexander,James H. Thorp,James Craig Smith
Publisher : American Water Works Association
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Stream ecology
ISBN : 9780898679304

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Biology and Potential Impacts of Zebra Mussels in Large Rivers by James E. Alexander,James H. Thorp,James Craig Smith Pdf

Author : Fynn Sor
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789811257766

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Zachary The Zebra Takes A Nap: A Story: A Story About Subitising And Comparing Quantities by Fynn Sor Pdf

Zachary the Zebra is tired from running away from his predators. He wants to take a nap.But is it safe for him to fall asleep?Follow the zebra's exciting day in the savannah and learn about subitising and comparing quantities.Read fun facts about plains zebras!Jump start your child's advancement in numeracy with the Happy Learning Math series. Your child will delight in the fun stories about animals and encounter Math concepts, such as ordinal numbers, counting, skip counting, addition, subtraction and more.Materials for interactive play and links to printables are also included, turning each book into a hands-on experiential learning tool. Fun Science facts are also weaved into each story to spark your child's curiosity about the world.This book comes with bonus fun and interactive elements to reinforce your child's learning of Math concepts!