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Book A Guide to Antarctic Birds and Seals

Download or read book A Guide to Antarctic Birds and Seals written by Roger Tory Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antarctic Birds and Seals

Download or read book Antarctic Birds and Seals written by Sharon R. Chester and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antarctica

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  • Author : Tony Soper
  • Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
  • Release : 2018-03-19
  • ISBN : 1784770914
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Antarctica written by Tony Soper and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated throughout, the 7th edition of Bradt's Antarctica: a Guide to Wildlife is the most practical guide to the flora and fauna available for those 'going south'. Celebrating the amazing and often unique species of this spectacular environment, the title features chapters on the region's famous whales and penguins, and also on lesser known species such as skuas and sheathbills, with full coverage of plumage and identification. Each chapter is accompanied by vibrant illustrations from Dafila Scott to help bring species to life. Tony Soper's immaculate and engaging text remains the indispensible choice for the intrepid wildlife enthusiast. Antarctica's wildlife is under threat. The Southern Ocean is warming and the most obvious effect is on the continental ice shelves. Spectacular retreats and monster carvings from the west coast of the peninsula have been seen in recent decades. Less ice means fewer krill, which depend on the ice-edge for the algae which nourish them. In turn, this will impact on seal and whale numbers. In the case of penguins, while kings and macaronis, for instance, are doing well, the magnificently adapted and truly Antarctic species, Adélies and emperors, are in decline. In the case of emperors, maybe by as much as 50%. Bradt's Antarctica not only helps you to identify and understand species and habitats, it also explains the issues faced by this extraordinary continent, regarded by many as one of the most precious places on the planet.

Book Antarctic Wildlife

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  • Author : Hadoram Shirihai
  • Publisher : Helm
  • Release : 2007-12-11
  • ISBN : 9780713664065
  • Pages : 543 pages

Download or read book Antarctic Wildlife written by Hadoram Shirihai and published by Helm. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spectacularly illustrated book is the only complete guide to the wildlife and natural history of the vast and beautiful Antarctic region. Covering the Antarctic continent, the southern ocean, and the subantarctic islands, this guide illustrates all of the region's breeding birds and marine mammals with stunning colour photographs. In addition to the colour plates, it features distribution maps and up-to-date species accounts expertly detailing abundance, seasonal status, and conservation prospects. The volume also covers numerous nonbreeding species, migrants, and vagrants. Regional chapters describe all of the subantarctic islands, in addition to most regularly visited sites in Antarctica, and are accompanied by maps of each area and photographs of each locale. These chapters present detailed information on geography, climate, geology, general ecology, and flora. They also address conservation efforts - past, present, and planned. The book concludes with practical information about visiting the area, including details on the best-available landing sites and notes on seasonal weather conditions. This is an indispensable companion for a trip far south, as well as an informative volume for anyone interested in the Antarctic region's remarkable, occasionally strange, and frequently beautiful animals.

Book The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife written by Hadoram Shirihai and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife features 35 color plates and more than 920 color photographs; illustrates and maps the distribution of all of the regions's breeding birds and mammals; includes information on many nonbreeders, migrants, and vagrants; features expert text reflecting recent advances in taxonomy; covers all of the subantarctic islands as well as Antarctica's regularly visited sites; and offers travel tips, including weather considerations and landing sites."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Health of Antarctic Wildlife

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  • Author : Knowles R. Kerry
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2009-07-29
  • ISBN : 3540939237
  • Pages : 470 pages

Download or read book Health of Antarctic Wildlife written by Knowles R. Kerry and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: comprehensively up to date. We are most grateful to these authors and to those we recruited to write the additional chapters necessary to fill the significant gaps. We acknowledge also the sacrifice of some who presented results of original research and have thus suffered a longer time than usual to publication. The timing of publication however has provided the opportunity to highlight recent discussions and resolutions made within the Antarctic Treaty forum to protect wildlife against disease and to include responses by Government and non-Government operators in Antarctica. These developments mostly followed from the Workshop on Diseases of Antarctic Wildlife. The book comprises 17 chapters presented in two parts. Wildlife disease consists of reviews, case studies and health assessments, and External factors covers the environmental, administrative and legal aspects. Each chapter is complete and c- tains all references. Six important documents are provided as Appendices. These present methods, reviews and other documents which are referred to in one or more chapters but are not readily available. There are many related topics we have been unable to cover that would enhance the understanding of health and disease processes in Antarctica. While we ackno- edge their importance they are outside the scope of the present volume. Such topics include epidemiology, new and emerging infectious diseases and the effects of climate change. These topics are referred to in the various chapters where ref- ences to source material are given.

Book Antarctic Wildlife

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  • Author : James Lowen
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2011-05-15
  • ISBN : 0691150338
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Antarctic Wildlife written by James Lowen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2011 by WILDGuides, Ltd.

Book Antarctic Seals

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  • Author : Richard M. Laws
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1993-10-07
  • ISBN : 0521443024
  • Pages : 414 pages

Download or read book Antarctic Seals written by Richard M. Laws and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-10-07 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its remote and seemingly rigorous environment, the Antarctic is the world's most important habitat for seals, currently supporting more seals than all other parts of the world combined. As various national Antarctic programmes were established to study these animals, the need to standardize techniques became apparent. This book, arising from work by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (Group of Specialists on Seals), gives a detailed account of well-tried and, where possible, agreed methodologies, techniques, procedures and rationale for the collection and initial analysis of data on the biology and population ecology of Antarctic seals. This volume will not only help facilitate comparisons between different regions of Antarctica, but will also provide a guide for those studying seals in other parts of the world and those carrying out research on other large mammal species.

Book Antarctic Wildlife

Download or read book Antarctic Wildlife written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Arctic Guide

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  • Author : Sharon Chester
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2016-09-06
  • ISBN : 1400865964
  • Pages : 545 pages

Download or read book The Arctic Guide written by Sharon Chester and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive full-color field guide to Arctic wildlife The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife—more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals—that inhabit the Arctic’s polar deserts, tundra, taiga, sea ice, and oceans. It can be used anywhere in the entire Holarctic region, including Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, Siberia, the Russian Far East, islands of the Bering Sea, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, and Greenland. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, size, habitat, range, scientific name, and the unique characteristics that enable these organisms to survive in the extreme conditions of the Far North. A color distribution map accompanies each species account, and alternative names in German, French, Norwegian, Russian, Inuit, and Inupiaq are also provided. Features superb color plates that allow for quick identification of more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals Includes detailed species accounts and color distribution maps Covers the flora and fauna of the entire Arctic region

Book Bestand und Reproduktion     Abundance and reproduction of some Antarctic birds and seals in southwestern parts of King George Island  South Shetland Islands

Download or read book Bestand und Reproduktion Abundance and reproduction of some Antarctic birds and seals in southwestern parts of King George Island South Shetland Islands written by H.-U. PETER and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hunter s Breath

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  • Author : Terrie Williams
  • Publisher : M. Evans
  • Release : 2004-03-15
  • ISBN : 1461663067
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book The Hunter s Breath written by Terrie Williams and published by M. Evans. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a dedicated group that goes to Antarctica to study the Weddell seal, the only mammal on earth able to survive year-round in the most extreme Antarctic temperatures.

Book A Wildlife Guide to Chile

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  • Author : Sharon Chester
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2010-04-19
  • ISBN : 1400831504
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book A Wildlife Guide to Chile written by Sharon Chester and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández, and San Félix y San Ambrosio. From bats to butterflies, lizards to llamas, and ferns to flamingos, A Wildlife Guide to Chile covers the country's common plants and animals. The color plates depict species in their natural environments with unmatched vividness and realism. The combination of detailed illustrations and engaging, succinct, and authoritative text make field identification quick, easy, and accurate. Maps, charts, and diagrams provide information about landforms, submarine topography, marine environment, climate, vegetation zones, and the best places to view wildlife. This is an essential guide to Chile's remarkable biodiversity. The only comprehensive English-language guide to Chile's common flora and fauna The first guide to cover Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández, and San Félix y San Ambrosio 120 full-color plates allow quick identification of more than 800 species Accompanying text describes species size, shape, color, habitat, and range Descriptions list size, distribution, and English, Spanish, and scientific names Information on the best spots to view wildlife, including major national parks Compact and lightweight--a perfect field guide

Book Pupping site fidelity of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island  South Georgia

Download or read book Pupping site fidelity of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island South Georgia written by N.J. LUNN and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Birds and Seals of the Balleny Islands  Antarctica

Download or read book Birds and Seals of the Balleny Islands Antarctica written by Christopher John Rutherford Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antarctic Seals

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  • Author : Alan Parker
  • Publisher : Nelson Thornes
  • Release : 1999-09-22
  • ISBN : 9781869613792
  • Pages : 20 pages

Download or read book Antarctic Seals written by Alan Parker and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 1999-09-22 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two

Book The Antarctic Dive Guide

Download or read book The Antarctic Dive Guide written by Lisa Eareckson Kelley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Antarctic Dive Guide is the first and only dive guide to the seventh continent, until recently the exclusive realm of scientific and military divers. Today, however, the icy waters of Antarctica have become the extreme destination for recreational divers wishing to explore beyond the conventional and observe the strange marine life that abounds below the surface. This book is packed with information about the history of diving in Antarctica and its wildlife, and features stunning underwater photography. The Antarctic Dive Guide covers 31 key dive sites on the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia and includes maps and detailed guidance on how best to explore each site. Essential information is also provided on how to choose and prepare for travel to this remote region, and diving techniques for subzero waters. This book is an indispensable resource for anyone considering diving in Antarctica, and an exciting read for anyone interested in this little-explored underwater world. This fully revised and updated third edition: Covers 4 new dive sites Features revised and updated information for the other 27 sites covered Includes new sections on the Sea Leopard Project and natural product chemistry from Antarctic marine organisms