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Issue --- Marine mammal populations --- Marine mammals --- Behavior --- Congresses --- Mammal populations --- Genetics. --- Mammals. --- DNA. --- Mer --- DNA --- Population --- Reproduction
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The sustainable exploitation of the marine environment depends upon our capacity to develop systems of management with predictable outcomes. Unfortunately, marine ecosystems are highly dynamic and this property could conflict with the objective of sustainable exploitation. This book investigates the theory that the population and behavioural dynamics of predators at the upper end of marine food chains can be used to assist with management. Since these species integrate the dynamics of marine ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, they offer new sources of information that can be formally used in setting management objectives. This book examines the current advances in the understanding of the ecology of marine predators and will investigate how information from these species could be used in management.
Predatory animals --- Marine ecology. --- Prédateurs --- Ecologie marine --- Ecology --- Ecologie --- Prédateurs --- Predatory marine animals --- Marine resources conservation. --- Conservation of marine resources --- Marine conservation --- Marine environmental protection --- Marine protection --- Aquatic resources conservation --- Marine pollution --- Biological oceanography --- Marine ecosystems --- Ocean --- Aquatic ecology --- Marine predators --- Marine predatory animals --- Marine animals --- Predatory aquatic animals --- Ecology. --- Top predators --- Marine ecosystem management. --- Marine ecosystems management --- Ecosystem management --- Alpha predators --- Apex predators --- Carnivores, Top --- Summit predators --- Superpredators --- Top carnivores --- Top-level predators --- Upper level predators --- Upper trophic level predators --- Food chains (Ecology) --- MARINE ECOLOGY --- MARINE ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT --- PREDATORY MARINE ANIMALS --- TOP PREDATORS --- ECOLOGY
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"Marine mammals command a high level of public attention, reflected in specific legislation for their protection and management in many countries. They also present particular challenges to ecologists and conservation biologists: they are mostly difficult to observe, they occupy and environment that is vast in its three dimensional extent, there are often perceived conflicts between marine mammals and people, and furthermore several species are now close to extinction." "Marine mammals have some intriguing features in their biology-the ability to dive to crushing depths, to perform breath-hold dives that defy our current understanding of mammalian physiology, and many have an ability to hunt down prey using sophisticated sonar that we are only just beginning to understand. Many species also have complex social structures. We still have much to learn about these extraordinary animals so a comprehensive and authoritative overview of current methodology is now timely. The intention of this book is both to summarize the state-of-the-art and to encourage innovation and further progress in this research field." "Written by leading practitioners in the field, this accessible text is suitable for graduate students and professionals in the fields of marine mammal biology, conservation biology, and ecology, as well as nature conservation practitioners and marine mammal specialists."--BOOK JACKET.
Marine mammals --- Aquatic mammals --- Marine animals --- Ecology. --- Conservation.
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