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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779426603321

Titolo

The Gulf of California [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity and conservation / / edited by Richard C. Brusca ; [foreword by Rodrigo C. Brusca]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, Ariz., : University of Arizona Press, : Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, c2010

ISBN

1-299-19148-7

Descrizione fisica

xi, 354 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)

Collana

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum studies in natural history

Altri autori (Persone)

BruscaRichard C

Disciplina

508.3164/1

Soggetti

Biodiversity - Mexico - California, Gulf of

Wildlife conservation - Mexico - California, Gulf of

Water - Law and legislation - Mexico - California, Gulf of

Natural history - Mexico - California, Gulf of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-330) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Origin, age, and geological evolution of the Gulf of California / Jorge Ledesma-Vazquez and Ana Luisa Carreno -- Physical, chemical, and biological oceanography of the Gulf of California / Saul Alvarez-Borrego -- Reefs that rock and roll : biology and conservation of rhodolith beds in the Gulf of California / Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez ... [et al.] -- Invertebrate biodiversity and conservation in the Gulf of California / Richard C. Brusca and Michel E. Hendrickx -- Fishes of the Gulf of California / Philip A. Hastings, Lloyd T. Findley, and Albert M. van der Heiden -- The importance of fisheries in the Gulf of California, and ecosystem-based sustainable co-management for conservation / Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata -- Sea turtles of the Gulf of California : biology, culture, and conservation / Jeffrey A. Seminoff -- Ospreys of the Gulf of California : ecology and conservation status / Jean-Luc E. Cartron ... [et al.] -- Marine mammals of the Gulf of California : an overview of diversity and conservation status / Jorge Urban R. -- A brief natural history of algae in the Gulf of California / Richard McCourt -- Ecological conservation in the Gulf of California / Maria de Los Angeles Carvajal, Alejandro Robles, and Exequiel Ezcurra.