Download or read book Les crustac s d capodes des Petites Antilles written by Joseph Poupin and published by French National Museum Natural History. This book was released on 2018 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lesser Antilles are an almost homogeneous insular region situated at the core of the Caribbean, identified as a remarkably rich biodiversity hotspot of the western Atlantic. Featuring a total of more than one thousand crustacean species, Les Crustacés décapodes des Petites Antilles presents for the first time the documented inventory of the shrimps, lobsters, hermit crabs, and crabs of the region. This French-language inventory is based on a literature search of roughly six-hundred scientific contributions published over more than two centuries and integrates American, French, Dutch, and Venezuelan research efforts. Also included are some unpublished data from recent expeditions to the French islands of Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. Readers will find an up-to-date list of the species that both complies with the latest taxonomic revisions and supplies the source of each record. An analysis of the list provides: a sampling history of the islands; the result of the inventory presented by families, islands, and archipelagos; documentation of the major ecological habitats; a zoogeographic appraisal distinguishing marine and freshwater fauna; and the prospects for new discoveries of undescribed species. This work illustrates many species in color, with photographs taken in the laboratory and in the field.
Download or read book Reef Creature Identification written by Paul Humann and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992, this guide has been significantly expanded in a new 3rd edition. The popular, user-friendly field guide, covering all major groups of marine invertebrates encountered by divers on coral reefs and adjacent habitats, has grown to include 900 species beautifully documented with more than 1200 underwater photographs -- nearly doubling the total in the previous editions. Les Wilk has joined Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach authoring the comprehensive new edition.
Download or read book Detecting Ecological Impacts written by Russell J. Schmitt and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1996-01-17 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detecting Ecological Impacts: Concepts and Applications in Coastal Habitats focuses on crucial aspects of detecting local and regional impacts that result from human activities. Detection and characterization of ecological impacts require scientific approaches that can reliably separate the effects of a specific anthropogenic activity from those of other processes. This fundamental goal is both technically and operationally challenging. Detecting Ecological Impacts is devoted to the conceptual and technical underpinnings that allow for reliable estimates of ecological effects caused by human activities. An international team of scientists focuses on the development and application of scientific tools appropriate for estimating the magnitude and spatial extent of ecological impacts. The contributors also evaluate our current ability to forecast impacts. Some of the scientific, legal, and administrative constraints that impede these critical tasks also are highlighted. Coastal marine habitats are emphasized, but the lessons and insights have general application to all ecological systems.
Download or read book A Field Guide to Shells written by Robert Tucker Abbott and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and depicts eight hundred species of shells.
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