Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Estes, J. A. (James A.), 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Whaling > Environmental aspects.
Marine ecology.
Whales > Ecology.
Baleines > Chasse > Aspect de l'environnement.
Écologie marine.
Baleines > Écologie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Marine ecology
Whales > Ecology
Whaling > Environmental aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; 1. Introduction; Background; 2. Whales, Interaction Webs, and Zero-Sum Ecology; 3. Lessons from Land; 4. When Ecological Pyramids Were Upside Down; 5. Pelagic Ecosystem Response to a Century of Commercial Fishing and Whaling; 6. Evidence for Bottom-Up Control of Upper-Trophic-Level Marine Populations; Whales and Whaling; 7. Evolutionary Patterns in Cetaceous Fishing Up Prey Size through Deep Time; 8. A Taxonomy of World Whaling Operations and Eras; 9. The History of Whales Read from DNA.

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