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The exploited seas : new directions for marine environmental history /

The book combines the approaches of maritime history and ecological science to explore the evolution of life-forms and eco-systems in the ocean from a historical perspective, in order to establish and develop the sub-discipline of marine environmental history. Documentary records relating to the hum...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: International Maritime Economic History Association, Census of Marine Life (Program)
Otros Autores: Holm, Poul, Smith, Tim D. (Tim Denis), Starkey, David J. (David John), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St. John's, Nfld. : International Maritime Economic History Association/Census of Marine Life, ©2001.
Colección:Research in maritime history ; no. 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Newfoundland fisheries, c. 1500-1900: a British perspective / David J. Starkey, Michael Haines
  • Testing ecological models: the influence of catch rates on settlement of fishermen in Newfoundland, 1710-1833 / Ransom A. Myers
  • Nineteenth-century expansion of the Newfoundland fishery for Atlantic cod: an exploration of underlying causes / Sean T. Cadigan, Jeffrey A. Hutchings
  • Status and potential of historical and ecological studies on Russian fisheries in the White and Barents seas: the case of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) / Julia Lajus, Yaroslava Alekseeva, Ruslan Davydov [and others]
  • Danish fisheries, c. 1450-1800: medieval and early modern sources and their potential for marine environmental history / Poul Hom, Maibritt Bager
  • Historical approaches to the Northern California current ecosystem / R.C. Francis
  • Potential for historical-ecological studies of Latin American fisheries / Chris Reid
  • The South African fisheries: a preliminary survey of historical sources / Lance van Sittert
  • The potential for historical studies of fisheries in Australia and New Zealand / Malcolm Tull, Tom Polacheck
  • Examining cetacean ecology using historical data / Tim D. Smith
  • Epilogue / Poul Holm, David J. Starkey, Tim D. Smith.