Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation A Handbook of Techniques

Name: Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation A Handbook of Techniques
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ISBN: 9780199216574

ISBN-10: 0199216576

ISBN-13: 9780199216574

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ian L. Boyd, W. Don Bowen, Sara J. Iverson

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Marine mammals command a high level of public attention, reflected in specific legislation for their protection and management in many countries. They also present particular challenges to ecologists and conservation biologists. They are mostly difficult to observe, they occupy an environment that is vast in its three dimensional extent, there are often perceived conflicts between marine mammals and people, and furthermore several species are now close to extinction. Marine mammals have some intriguing features in their biology - the ability to dive to crushing depths, to perform breath-hold dives that defy our current understanding of mammalian physiology, and many have an ability to hunt…

Book details

List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English