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The Franciscana Dolphin
The Franciscana Dolphin: On the Edge of Survival provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on the most endangered marine mammal in the Western South Atlantic Ocean. It synthesizes all available information on this dolphin species, also referred to as La Plata dolphin, ranging from taxonomy, evolution, diet, parasites and diseases, reproduction and growth, to genetic diversity and stock definition, distribution, abundance, behavior, as well as the threats and causes behind the dwindling population numbers. Written by international experts, this book explores aspects of the species' natural history and urgent problems of accidental mortality in fishing nets, contamination, and habi...
Advances in Marine Vertebrate Research in Latin America
This book gathers the most recent research findings on ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates in Latin America, making use of high technological methods to show readers the diversity of the marine research that has been conducted in these countries over the last decades. The book brings authors from more than 23 institutions of 7 different countries developing the most diverse research aiming at ocean conservation through the ecology of different vertebrate animals, such as whales, dolphins, manatees, turtles, seabirds and fish. This book deals with technological advances and innovation in the ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates in Latin America. This eclectic collection i...
A Desconstrução do Licenciamento Ambiental: Autolicenciamento e Automonitoramento
O Brasil, cujo território ostenta dimensões continentais, dotado de diversos biomas, alguns dos quais são garantia da estabilidade climática no continente sul-americano, e até mesmo no planeta, detém relevância crucial quando se trata do meio ambiente. Decisões equivocadas do legislador pátrio e respectivas ações decorrentes podem significar danos ambientais irreparáveis, razão pela qual a legislação ambiental deve sempre primar pela defesa do meio ambiente. A realização de Avalição de Impacto Ambiental (AIA) prévia ao empreendimento/atividade efetivo, ou potencialmente causador de poluição e/ou degradação do meio ambiente, é a consecução dos princípios da precau...
Bioética ambiental
A proposta desta obra intitulada de Bioética Ambiental é promover o diálogo interdisciplinar entre os diferentes saberes, crenças, teorias e concepções de nossos tempos, que buscam compreender a relação do homem com a natureza, de modo a despertar e a promover uma nova aliança entre a humanidade e o ambiente, e unir os diferentes interesses, sejam humanos ou do meio ambiente. Esta nova aliança, por sua Vez, não será possível se não houver primeiramente uma mudança nos valores que orientam a vida humana, de modo a sermos capazes de substituir os atuais projetos individualistas e materialistas de nossos tempos por projetos coletivos, de longo prazo, de reciprocidade e de partilh...
Revista marítima brasileira
Bibliographies and necrologies interspersed.
Pyrethroid Insecticides
This book reviews the latest developments concerning the analysis, fate, behaviour and toxicity of pyrethroid insecticides. Over the last few decades, pyrethroid insecticides have increasingly replaced organochlorine pesticides due to their relatively lower mammalian toxicity, selective insecticide activity and lower environmental persistence. They represent 25% of global sales of insecticides, and are considered to be “safe” since they are converted to non-toxic metabolites by oxidative metabolism in fish and by hydrolysis in mammals. However, recent studies have demonstrated their environmental ubiquity, their bioaccumulation and their toxicity in various aquatic and terrestrial organi...
Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
'Erich Hoyt's handbook is an admirable, timely and highly welcome contribution.'Michael Stachowitsch, Marine EcologyWhat does it mean to save the whales if their habitat is left unprotected? Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises is the definitive handbook on this pressing issue and the first to bridge the gap between the disciplines of marine protected areas and cetacean conservation. It launches a new chapter in cetacean conservation with its investigation into the crucial habitat needs and protection requirements of some 84 species.The author, one of the world's foremost experts in this field, takes you around the world to investigate the promising results of the latest conservation research and the strategies for obtaining marine protected areas in coastal waters and on the high seas, using national legislation and regional and international conventions. This is an essential introduction, guide and reference work for those working to ensure a future for whales and dolphins.
Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues
Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs. The book examines how we have fared conserving the world’s marine mammal populations, with a focus on the key issues of fisheries and tourism. From a unique southern hemisphere perspective, the authors consider how science informs the culling debate, how wild fisheries and aquaculture interact with marine mammal populations and how we might manage the effects of whale, dolphin and seal watching industries. The authors also address other issues such as the way in which ethics, genetics, acoustics, ecosystem models and pollution influence the management and conservation of marine mammals. Marine Mammals is an invaluable and accessible resource for all those involved with marine mammals, including scientists, managers, policy makers, industry representatives and students. Winner of a 2004 Whitley Award.
Interrelationships of Fishes
Comprising by far the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates, fishes occupy a broad swathe of habitats ranging from the deepest ocean abyss to the highest mountain lakes. Such incredible ecological diversity and the resultant variety in lifestyle, anatomy, physiology and behavior, make unraveling the evolutionary history of fishes a daunting task. The successor of a classic volume by the same title, Interrelationships of Fishes, provides the latest in the "state of the art" of systematics and classification for many of the major groups of fishes. In providing a sound phylogenetic framework from leading authorities in the field, this book is an indispensable reference for a broad range of biologists, especially students of fish behavior, anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics and ecology--in fact, anyone who wishes to interpret their work on fishes in an evolutionary context. - Provides thorough and comprehensive treatment of the Phylogency of fishes - Assembles an International team of expert contributors - Useful to a wide variety of fish biologists
