Ecological Impacts of Tsunamis on Coastal Ecosystems (Ecological Research Monographs)
This book focuses on the ecological impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunamis, a rare and extremely large disturbance event, on various coastal ecosystems in Japan’s Tohoku area, including sub-tidal and tidal animal communities, sand dune plant communities and coastal forests. The studies presented here describe not only how species and populations in these ecosystems were disturbed by the earthquake and tsunamis, but also how the communities have responded to the event a...
Fisheries genetics researchers will find invaluable the thirty-eight peer-reviewed contributions in this book, presented at the 20th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium "Genetics of Subpolar Fish and Invertebrates," held in May 2002 in Juneau, Alaska. Looming over concerns of lost fisheries stocks and persistent erosion of genetic variability are predictions of global warming, which may further tax genetic resources. One consequence is an increased reliance on genetic applications to many aspe...
Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union
by S.L. Kuzmin and J Wilkinson
Amphibians of the Caucasus: Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union
by David N. Tarkhnishvili and Ramaz K. Gokhelashvili
The Welfare of Performing Animals; A Historical Perspective (Animal Welfare, #15)
This timely book describes and analyses a neglected area of the history of concern for animal welfare, discussing the ends and means of the capture, transport, housing and training of performing animals, as well as the role of pressure groups, politics, the press and vested interests. It examines primary source material of considerable interdisciplinary interest, and addresses the influence of scientific and veterinary opinion and the effectiveness of proposals for supervisory legislation, notin...
Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries: A Global Perspective
A lavishly illustrated guide to the world's turtles that looks at every family and genusTurtles of the World reveals the extraordinary diversity of these amazing reptiles. Characterized by the bony shell that acts as a shield to protect the softer body within, turtles are survivors from the time of the dinosaurs and are even more ancient in evolutionary terms than snakes and crocodilians. Of more than 350 species known today, some are highly endangered. In this beautiful guide, turtle families,...
Factors Influencing Coarse Fish Populations in Rivers (R & D Publication S., #18)
by Ian G. Cowx
Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia is the first book to cover almost all the known fish species from the coastal waters of eastern Australia, ranging from northern New South Wales to western Victoria.
Fish, Justice, and Society (Human-Animal Studies, #19)
by Carmen Cusack
Fish, Justice, and Society is an in-depth look into the fishing industry, fish, and aquatic environments. This book delves past the facade of what may be known by the average fisherman, bringing to the surface new information about numerous species and aquatic habitats. It is the most comprehensive book on the subject of fish, law, and human behavior. It is a standalone work, but complements Cusack's Fish in the Bible (2017). It is a treatise on the subject of animal law while also serving the c...
Summarizes, for the benefit of research workers in the field of cellular and molecular neurobiology, the large volume of work done during the last two decades on cholinergic function utilizing as a model system the electromotor innervation of the electric ray Torpedo . Largely as a result of work wi
The threespine stickleback is a small fish of temperate coastal and fresh waters. It exhibits extraordinary phenotypic diversity throughout its range, and is remarkably amenable to observation in the field and manipulation in the laboratory. This volume incorporates reviews from active workers who use the threespine stickleback to address a broad variety of evolutionary issues, ranging from optimal foraging to armour, from speciation to the endocrine basis for correlated behavioural characters....
Sasol First Field Guide to Snakes & other Reptiles of Southern Africa (Field Guides)
by Tracey Hawthorne
This guide is part of the First Field Guide series of natural history field guides, developed in the hope that increasingly young people will take up the challenge to learn the secrets of the fascinating wild creatures of Southern Africa. These little guides are an invaluable resource for the budding naturalist, providing information at a glance through superb photographs, maps and easy-to-read texts.
Sport Fish (Belize Field Guides S.) (Hawaii Field Guides S.)
by Alina Suarez
This waterproof field guide is ideal for use on an open boat while fishing for the 'Grand Slam' of fly fishing - Tarpon, Bonefish, and Permit. The full colour, 7.5 x 11 inch card, identifies 32 species of sport fish caught in the Caribbean waters off Belize. Each species is identified by common and scientific names. Weights in kilograms and pounds represent the 'all tackle world records' according to International Game Fishing Association's angling rules. Locations where each species might be ca...
The Nile (Monographiae Biologicae, #89)
What have we learnt about the Nile since the mid-1970s, the moment when Julian Rzóska decided that the time had come to publish a comprehensive volume about the biology, and the geological and cultural history of that great river? And what changes have meanwhile occurred in the basin? The human popu- tion has more than doubled, especially in Egypt, but also in East Africa. Locally, industrial development has taken place, and the Aswan High Dam was clearly not the last major infrastructure work t...
A History of British Fishes; v. 1 (1836)
by William 1784-1856 Yarrell