Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems / edited by James A. Estes [and others]
This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. Innovative and comprehensive, the volume encompasses multiple points of view to consider the total ecological impa...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2006.
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| Summary: | This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. Innovative and comprehensive, the volume encompasses multiple points of view to consider the total ecological impact of industrial whaling on the world's oceans. Combining empirical research, ecological theory and modeling, and historical data, its chapters present perspectives from ecology, population biology, physiology, genetics, evolutionary history, ocean biogeography, economics, culture, and law, among ot. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 402 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429456395 1429456396 1433701324 9781433701320 0520933206 9780520933200 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |