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  • The Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Bay of Biscay

    Its Relationship with the Crisis of Catches of Large Specimens in the East Atlantic Fisheries from the 1960s

    by José Luis Cort, Pablo Abaunza ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it reconstructs the possible methods used to catch large spawners in the Strait of Gibraltar thousands of years ago and describes the much more recent overfishing that led to a great ... Read more

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  • World Atlas of Mangroves

    by Mark Spalding, Mami Kainuma, Lorna Collins ...
    Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and UNU-INWEHThis atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves. Written by a leading expert on mangroves with support from the top international researchers and conservation organizations, this full colour atlas contains 60 full-page maps, hundreds of photographs and illustrations ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Dusky Dolphin

    Master Acrobat Off Different Shores

    Edited by Melany Wursig, Bernd Würsig ...
    The Dusky Dolphin: Master Acrobat Off Different Shores covers various topics about the dusky dolphin, including its taxonomy, history and demography, ecology, and behavior. After introducing the dusky dolphin as a member of the genus Lagenorhynchus under the family Delphinidae, the book continues by describing its life history, its demographic patterns, and its role in the food web considering ... Read more

    $90.89 USD

  • Polynesians in America

    Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World

    by Andrew C. Clarke, María-Auxiliadora Cordero, Geoffrey Irwin, Kathryn A. Klar, Daniel Quiróz, Richard Scaglion, Marshall I. Weisler, Roger C. Green ...
    The possibility that Polynesian seafarers made landfall and interacted with the native people of the New World before Columbus has been the topic of academic discussion for well over a century, although American archaeologists have considered the idea verboten since the 1970s. Fresh discoveries made with the aid of new technologies along with re-evaluation of longstanding but often-ignored ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Guide of Amphibians and Reptiles of São Tomé and Príncipe

    by César J. Pollo ...
    The Gulf of Guinea oceanic islands (Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón) are the result of volcanic activity of the Cameroon Volcanic Line that occurred along this fracture in the earth's crust during the lower Tertiary and early Quaternary and that continues inland as the Cameroon/Nigerian mountains.They are located between 220 and 350 kilometers from the western coast of Central Africa and have never ... Read more

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  • Great White Sharks

    The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias

    Edited by A. Peter Klimley, David G. Ainley ...
    Now available in paperback, the first comprehensive reference on Great White sharks separates fact from fiction and presents real evidence of the ecology and behavior of these remarkable animals. The volume begins with the evolution of the white shark and its relatives and continues with sections on its anatomy, behavior, ecology, distribution, population dynamics, and interactions with humans. ... Read more

    $88.19 USD

  • Penguins

    Natural History and Conservation

    Edited by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, P. Dee Boersma ...
    Series series Samuel and Althea Stroum Books
    Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled condition of the southern oceans, as well as larger marine conservation problems: climate change, pollution, and fisheries mismanagement. This timely book presents the most current knowledge on each of the eighteen penguin species ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America

    Special Volumes of Geomorphology

    by Edgardo Latrubesse ...
    Series Book 13 - Developments in Earth Surface Processes
    The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a ... Read more

    $131.39 USD

  • Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands

    Science and Conservation

    Edited by Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Ricardo F. de Lima, Martim Melo, Rayna C. Bell ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book presents a comprehensive synthesis of the biodiversity of the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea, a biodiversity hotspot off the west coast of Central Africa. Written by experts, the book compiles data from a plethora of sources – archives, museums, bibliography, official reports and previously unpublished data – to provide readers with the most updated information about ... Read more

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  • Oceanography and Marine Biology

    An annual review. Volume 60

    Edited by S. J. Hawkins ...
    Series series Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review
    Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and oceanography. The ever-increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative refereed reviews summarizing and synthesizing the results of both ... Read more

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  • Sustainability of Skipjack Tuna Fishery in Brazil

    by Lauro A. Saint Pastous Madureira, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto ...
    Sustainability of Skipjack tuna fishing in Brazil is the result of a research carried out by FUNBIO / RJ together with several researchers and professionals for the Marine and Fishing Research Support Project in Rio de Janeiro. The work is distributed in four major thematic units and organized in 13 chapters that dialogue in an interdisciplinary way, but with the same centralizing theme. There ... Read more

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  • Living Under the Shadow

    Cultural Impacts of Volcanic Eruptions

    Edited by John Grattan, Robin Torrence ...
    Popularist treatments of ancient disasters like volcanic eruptions have grossly overstated their capacity for death, destruction, and societal collapse. Contributors to this volume—from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology—show that human societies have been incredibly resilient and, in the long run, have often recovered remarkably well from wide scale disruption ... Read more

    $69.99 USD