The Galapagos Marine Reserve A Dynamic Social-Ecological System /

This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and conservation actions to help orient and better manage,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Denkinger, Judith (Editor), Vinueza, Luis (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands,
Subjects:
Environmental management.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Water.
Hydrology.
Environmental Management.
Conservation Biology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Synthesis of populations, communities and ecosystem processes in the GMR
  • Coral Research in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
  • Elasmobranchs of the Galapagos Marine Reserve
  • The Galapagos sea lion: adaptation to spatial and temporal diversity of marine resources within the archipelago
  • Reduced complexity of foraging behavior of the Galapagos sea lion inferred from a multiple approach analysis
  • Ecosystem based management
  • Remote Sensing of the Marine Environment: Challenges and Opportunities in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador
  • Part II: Coupled socio-ecological marine systems
  • Development of the Galapagos Marine Reserve
  • Fishery science in Galapagos: From a resource-focused to a social-ecological system approach
  • Collaborative approach to fisheries management as a way to increase the effectiveness of future regulations in the Galapagos archipelago
  • The birth of sport fishing in the Galapagos Marine Reserve:  adaptation, emergence and complexities
  • Shifting baselines in the Galapagos whitefish fishery: Using fisher's anecdotes to reassess fisheries management: the case of the Galapagos grouper
  • Pollution as an emerging threat for the conservation of the Galapagos Marine Reserve: Environmental Impacts and Management Perspectives
  • Assessing human wildlife conflicts and benefits of Galapagos Sea lions on San Cristobal Island
  • Index.        .

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