Volume 1: Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ramos, Jaime A.; Pereira, Leonel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers the response of the seabird research community to a biodiversity crisis aiming to contribute towards environmental sustainability. It should provide inspiration to a wide range of professionals and students, including the much needed world-wide collaboration between research groups and practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000622843
• Artikelnr.: 63955187

Autorenporträt

Jaime A. Ramos is Associate Professor at Coimbra University, Portugal, where he teaches Conservation Biology and Ecology, and is a member of MARE, the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre. He has worked with seabirds for over 25 years in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and published over 200 papers in international journals. He leads a team of researchers and students using Conservation Physiology, Diet, Habitat Selection, and Movement Ecology to study the ecology of marine top predators for biodiversity conservation and environmental management. Leonel Pereira, the coordinator of the Aquatic Sciences Series to which this volume belongs to, has a PhD in Biology by the University of Coimbra, Portugal, where he currently lectures. He is also an Investigator integrated in MARE, the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre. His interests are mainly focused on Marine Biodiversity, Marine Biotechnology and Marine Ecology (environmental assessment). He has authored/edited more than 40 books and book chapters, and published more than 100 scientific papers in international journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Part A: Techniques to Study Seabirds 1. An Introduction to Seabirds and
Their Study 2. Conventional and Modern Approaches to Study Seabird Trophic
Ecology and Diet 3. A Physiological Toolbox to Explore the Relationships
Between Seabirds and Their Changing Environments 4. Tracking Seabirds for
Conservation and Marine Spatial Planning Part B: Seabirds Interacting with
Human Activities and Infrastructures 1. Seabird and Fisheries Interactions
2. Urban Gulls Living with Humans 3. Seabirds and Marine Renewable Energy
Sources 4. Seabirds and Biotoxins Part C: Seabirds as Ecological Indicators
1. Seabirds as Indicators of Forage Fish Stocks 2. Seabirds as Indicators
of Oceanographic Changes 3. Seabirds as Indicators of Metal and Plastic
Pollution 4. Antarctic Seabirds as Indicators of Climate Change Part D:
Actions for Seabird Conservation 1. Light Pollution as a Seabirds'
Conservation Threat 2. Eradication and Control of Invasive Mammal Species
as a Seabird Conservation Tool 3. Identifying and Establishing Marine
Protected Areas Worldwide: The Contribution of Seabird Data