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"In 2006, the last of China's Yangtze river dolphins--baiji--succumbed to extinction, and la vaquita marina, a diminutive porpoise endemic to the Upper Gulf of California, quietly and without fanfare inherited the title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Unlike many other criti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bessesen, Brooke (Autor)
Otros Autores: Safina, Carl (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018]
Temas:
Phocoena sinus.
Rare mammals > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Endangered species > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Wildlife conservation > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Endangered ecosystems > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Poaching > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Totoaba fisheries > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Phocoena sinus > Conservation > Social aspects.
Phocoena sinus > Conservation > Economic aspects.
Wildlife conservation > Social aspects > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Wildlife conservation > Economic aspects > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Marsouin du Pacifique.
Mammifères rares > Mexique > Californie, Golfe de.
Faune > Protection > Mexique > Californie, Golfe de.
Écosystèmes menacés > Mexique > Californie, Golfe de.
Braconnage > Mexique > Californie, Golfe de.
Marsouin du Pacifique > Conservation > Aspect social.
Marsouin du Pacifique > Conservation > Aspect économique.
Faune > Protection > Aspect social > Mexique > Californie, Golfe de.
Faune > Protection > Aspect économique > Mexique > Californie, Golfe de.
NATURE > Animals > Marine Life.
NATURE > Endangered Species.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Commerce
Ecology
Endangered ecosystems
Endangered species
Phocoena sinus
Poaching
Rare mammals
Totoaba fisheries
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife conservation > Economic aspects
Wildlife conservation > Social aspects
California, Gulf of (Mexico) > Commerce.
California, Gulf of (Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
Californie, Golfe de (Mexique) > Commerce.
Californie, Golfe de (Mexique) > Conditions environnementales.
Pacific Ocean > Gulf of California
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • "Goodbye Baiji"
  • Prologue
  • The dead girl
  • Resource extraction
  • Chasing a myth
  • Tangled agendas
  • Death, drugs, and accountability
  • Pirates on patrol
  • Searching for Vaquita
  • Hearing is believing
  • Science in the sea
  • Witnessing extinction
  • Saving Bigfoot
  • Sending out an SOS
  • Meet the totoaba
  • Last-ditch effort
  • Hope is a life raft (with a persistent leak)
  • Epilogue.

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