Download or read book Seals of the World written by Judith E. King and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and enhanced edition of that published twenty years ago. Includes maps, excellent illustrations, species accounts, a long section on pinniped anatomy and pathology, excellent appendices, indexes and bibliography.
Download or read book Fur Seals and Sea Lions written by Roger Kirkwood and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fur seals and sea lions are charismatic, large carnivores that engage us with both their skill and playful antics. Although all species in Australian waters were harvested to near extinction 200 years ago, fur seals are recovering and are now common in near-shore waters across southern Australia. Sea lions, however, are endangered. Their populations appear not to have recovered like fur seals and are declining at some locations. Fur seals and sea lions are important top level predators and play an important role in Australia’s temperate marine ecosystems. Key threats they currently face relate to human activities, particularly interactions with fisheries. This book outlines the comparative evolutionary ecology, biology, life-history, behaviour, conservation status, threats, history of human interactions and latest research on the three species of otariids that live in the waters of southern Australia: the Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal and Australian sea lion. It also includes brief descriptions of Antarctic and Subantarctic seals that occupy the Antarctic pack-ice and remote Australian territories of Macquarie Island and Heard Island.
Download or read book Elephant Seals written by Burney J. Le Beouf and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest of all seals, elephant seals rank among the most impressive of marine mammals. They are renowned for their spectacular recovery from near-extinction at the end of the nineteenth century when seal hunters nearly eliminated the entire northern species. No other vertebrate has come so close to extinction and made such a complete recovery. The physiological extremes that elephant seals can tolerate are also remarkable: females fast for a month while lactating, and the largest breeding males fast for over one hundred days during the breeding seasons, at which times both sexes lose forty percent of their body weight. Elephant seals dive constantly during their long foraging migrations, spending more time under water than most whales and diving deeper and longer than any other marine mammal. This first book-length discussion of elephant seals brings together worldwide expertise from scientists who describe and debate recent research, including the history and status of various populations, their life-history tactics, and other findings obtained with the help of modern microcomputer diving instruments attached to free-ranging seals. Essential for all marine mammalogists for its information and its methodological innovations, Elephant Seals will also illuminate current debates about species extinctions and possible means of preventing them. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.
Download or read book The Natural History of the Amphibious Carnivora Including the Walrus and Seals Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea c written by Robert Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of the Natural History Geology and Physics of Greenland and the Neighbouring Regions written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-08 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Download or read book Elephant Seals written by Bernard J. Le Boeuf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In-depth documentation of the diving, foraging, and migratory behavior of a superlative marine mammal, based on 50 years of study.
Download or read book Manual of the Natural History Geology and Physics of Greenland and the Neighbouring Regions written by T. Rupert Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 901 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared for the British Arctic Expedition of the same year, this 1875 scientific manual includes instructions on making important observations.
Download or read book Guide to the UK Cetaceans and Seals written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of the Natural History Geology and Physics of Greenland and the Neighbouring Regions written by Royal Society (Great Britain). Arctic Committee and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of the Natural History Geology and Physics of Greenland and the Neighboring Regions written by Thomas Rupert Jones and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings and Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glascow written by Natural History Society of Glasgow and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of the Natural History Geology and Physics of Greenland and the Neighbouring Regions Prepared for the Use of the Arctic Expedition of 1875 Under the Direction of the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society and Edited by T R Jones Together with Instructions Suggested by the Arctic Committee for the Use of the Expedition Etc written by Thomas Rupert JONES and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Impacts on Seals Sea Lions and Sea Otters written by Todd J. Braje and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The bones recovered from the middens of the northeastern Pacific shorelines have important stories to tell biologists, marine mammalogists, and those concerned with marine conservation. This volume unearths a wealth of information about the historical ecology of seals, sea lions, and sea otters in the North Pacific that spans thousands of years. It provides fascinating insights into how the world once looked, and how it may one day look again as seals, sea lions, and sea otters reclaim and recolonize their former haunts.”—Andrew Trites, Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia “Braje and Rick have assembled a compelling set of case studies on the long-term and complex interactions between people, marine mammals, and environments in the Northeast Pacific. The promise of zooarchaeology as historical science is on full display, as researchers use geochemistry, aDNA, morphometrics, and traditional analytic methods to address questions of utmost importance to the long-term health of coastal ecosystems. If this book doesn't convince conservation biology about the need to take the long view of animal histories and ecosystems into account in developing conservation management plans, I'm not sure what will.”—Virginia L. Butler, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University
Download or read book Natural History written by Charles Knight and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The System of Natural History Carefully Abridged and the Natural History of Insects Embellished with Elegant Engravings on Wood written by Georges Louis Le Clerc (Count de Buffon.) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals written by William F. Perrin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 1355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date. Articles describe every species in detail, based on the very latest taxonomy, and a host of biological, ecological and sociological aspects relating to marine mammals. The latest information on the biology, ecology, anatomy, behavior and interactions with man is provided by a cast of expert authors – all presented in such detail and clarity to support both marine mammal specialists and the serious naturalist. Fully referenced throughout and with a fresh selection of the best color photographs available, the long-awaited second edition remains at the forefront as the go-to reference on marine mammals. - More than 20% NEW MATERIAL includes articles on Climate Change, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Sociobiology, Habitat Use, Feeding Morphology and more - Over 260 articles on the individual species with topics ranging from anatomy and behavior, to conservation, exploitation and the impact of global climate change on marine mammals - New color illustrations show every species and document topical articles FROM THE FIRST EDITION "This book is so good...a bargain, full of riches...packed with fascinating up to date information. I recommend it unreservedly it to individuals, students, and researchers, as well as libraries." --Richard M. Laws, MARINE MAMMALS SCIENCE "...establishes a solid and satisfying foundation for current study and future exploration" --Ronald J. Shusterman, SCIENCE
Download or read book The Natural History of Ireland Mammalia Reptiles and Fishes also Invertebrata written by William Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
