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Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems / / edited by James A. Estes [et al.]
| Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems / / edited by James A. Estes [et al.] |
| Autore | Okihiro Gary Y |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 402 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 333.9595 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EstesJ. A <1945-> (James A.) |
| Collana | California World History Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Whaling - Environmental aspects
Marine ecology Whales - Ecology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
comprehensive
culture and law dynamics of ocean ecosystems ecological impact of industrial whaling ecological theory ecology economics empirical research evolutionary history genetics historical data innovative ocean biogeography overview of whales and ecosystems physiology population biology whales |
| ISBN |
0-520-93419-9
1-281-75246-0 9786611752460 0-520-93320-6 1-4337-0132-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Contributors -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Whales, Interaction Webs, And Zero-Sum Ecology -- 3. Lessons From Land Present And Past Signs Of Ecological Decay And The Overture To Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction -- 4. When Ecological Pyramids Were Upside Down -- 5. Pelagic Ecosystem Response To A Century Of Commercial Fishing And Whaling -- 6 Evidence For Bottom-Up Control Of Upper-Trophic-Level Marine Populations Is It Scale-Dependent? -- 7. Evolutionary Patterns In Cetacea Fishing Up Prey Size Through Deep Time -- 8. A Taxonomy Of World Whaling Operations And Eras -- 9. The History Of Whales Read From DNA -- 10. Changes In Marine Mammal Biomass In The Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands Region Before And After The Period Of Commercial Whaling -- 11. Industrial Whaling In The North Pacific Ocean 1952-1978 Spatial Patterns Of Harvest And Decline -- 12. Worldwide Distribution And Abundance Of Killer Whales -- 13. The Natural History And Ecology Of Killer Whales -- 14. Killer Whales As Predators Of Large Baleen Whales And Sperm Whales -- 15. Physiological And Ecological Consequences Of Extreme Body Size In Whales -- 16. Ecosystem Impact Of The Decline Of Large Whales In The North Pacific -- 17. The Removal Of Large Whales From The Southern Ocean Evidence For Long-Term Ecosystem Effects? -- 18. Great Whales As Prey Using Demography And Bioenergetics To Infer Interactions In Marine Mammal Communities -- 19. Whales And Whaling In The North Pacific Ocean And Bering Sea Oceanographic Insights And Ecosystem Impacts -- 20. Legacy Of Industrial Whaling Could Killer Whales Be Responsible For Declines Of Sea Lions, Elephant Seals, And Minke Whales In The Southern Hemisphere? -- 21. Predator Diet Breadth And Prey Population Dynamics Mechanism And Modeling -- 22. Bigger Is Better The Role Of Whales As Detritus In Marine Ecosystems -- 23 Gray Whales In The Bering And Chukchi Seas -- 24. Whales, Whaling, And Ecosystems In The North Atlantic Ocean -- 25. Sperm Whales In Ocean Ecosystems -- 26. Ecosystem Effects Of Fishing And Whaling In The North Pacific And Atlantic Oceans -- 27. Potential Influences Of Whaling On The Status And Trends Of Pinniped Populations -- 28. The Dynamic Between Social Systems And Ocean Ecosystems Are There Lessons From Commercial Whaling? -- 29. Whaling, Law, And Culture -- 30. Whales Are Big And It Matters -- 31. Retrospection And Review -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784417803321 |
Okihiro Gary Y
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James A. Estes ... [et al.]
| Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James A. Estes ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.9595 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EstesJ. A <1945-> (James A.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Whaling - Environmental aspects
Marine ecology Whales - Ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-93419-9
1-281-75246-0 9786611752460 0-520-93320-6 1-4337-0132-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Contributors -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Whales, Interaction Webs, And Zero-Sum Ecology -- 3. Lessons From Land Present And Past Signs Of Ecological Decay And The Overture To Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction -- 4. When Ecological Pyramids Were Upside Down -- 5. Pelagic Ecosystem Response To A Century Of Commercial Fishing And Whaling -- 6 Evidence For Bottom-Up Control Of Upper-Trophic-Level Marine Populations Is It Scale-Dependent? -- 7. Evolutionary Patterns In Cetacea Fishing Up Prey Size Through Deep Time -- 8. A Taxonomy Of World Whaling Operations And Eras -- 9. The History Of Whales Read From DNA -- 10. Changes In Marine Mammal Biomass In The Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands Region Before And After The Period Of Commercial Whaling -- 11. Industrial Whaling In The North Pacific Ocean 1952-1978 Spatial Patterns Of Harvest And Decline -- 12. Worldwide Distribution And Abundance Of Killer Whales -- 13. The Natural History And Ecology Of Killer Whales -- 14. Killer Whales As Predators Of Large Baleen Whales And Sperm Whales -- 15. Physiological And Ecological Consequences Of Extreme Body Size In Whales -- 16. Ecosystem Impact Of The Decline Of Large Whales In The North Pacific -- 17. The Removal Of Large Whales From The Southern Ocean Evidence For Long-Term Ecosystem Effects? -- 18. Great Whales As Prey Using Demography And Bioenergetics To Infer Interactions In Marine Mammal Communities -- 19. Whales And Whaling In The North Pacific Ocean And Bering Sea Oceanographic Insights And Ecosystem Impacts -- 20. Legacy Of Industrial Whaling Could Killer Whales Be Responsible For Declines Of Sea Lions, Elephant Seals, And Minke Whales In The Southern Hemisphere? -- 21. Predator Diet Breadth And Prey Population Dynamics Mechanism And Modeling -- 22. Bigger Is Better The Role Of Whales As Detritus In Marine Ecosystems -- 23 Gray Whales In The Bering And Chukchi Seas -- 24. Whales, Whaling, And Ecosystems In The North Atlantic Ocean -- 25. Sperm Whales In Ocean Ecosystems -- 26. Ecosystem Effects Of Fishing And Whaling In The North Pacific And Atlantic Oceans -- 27. Potential Influences Of Whaling On The Status And Trends Of Pinniped Populations -- 28. The Dynamic Between Social Systems And Ocean Ecosystems Are There Lessons From Commercial Whaling? -- 29. Whaling, Law, And Culture -- 30. Whales Are Big And It Matters -- 31. Retrospection And Review -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457614103321 |
| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems / / edited by James A. Estes ... [et al.]
| Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems / / edited by James A. Estes ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 402 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 333.9595 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EstesJ. A <1945-> (James A.) |
| Collana | California World History Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Whaling - Environmental aspects
Marine ecology Whales - Ecology |
| ISBN |
0-520-93419-9
1-281-75246-0 9786611752460 0-520-93320-6 1-4337-0132-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Contributors -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Whales, Interaction Webs, And Zero-Sum Ecology -- 3. Lessons From Land Present And Past Signs Of Ecological Decay And The Overture To Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction -- 4. When Ecological Pyramids Were Upside Down -- 5. Pelagic Ecosystem Response To A Century Of Commercial Fishing And Whaling -- 6 Evidence For Bottom-Up Control Of Upper-Trophic-Level Marine Populations Is It Scale-Dependent? -- 7. Evolutionary Patterns In Cetacea Fishing Up Prey Size Through Deep Time -- 8. A Taxonomy Of World Whaling Operations And Eras -- 9. The History Of Whales Read From DNA -- 10. Changes In Marine Mammal Biomass In The Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands Region Before And After The Period Of Commercial Whaling -- 11. Industrial Whaling In The North Pacific Ocean 1952-1978 Spatial Patterns Of Harvest And Decline -- 12. Worldwide Distribution And Abundance Of Killer Whales -- 13. The Natural History And Ecology Of Killer Whales -- 14. Killer Whales As Predators Of Large Baleen Whales And Sperm Whales -- 15. Physiological And Ecological Consequences Of Extreme Body Size In Whales -- 16. Ecosystem Impact Of The Decline Of Large Whales In The North Pacific -- 17. The Removal Of Large Whales From The Southern Ocean Evidence For Long-Term Ecosystem Effects? -- 18. Great Whales As Prey Using Demography And Bioenergetics To Infer Interactions In Marine Mammal Communities -- 19. Whales And Whaling In The North Pacific Ocean And Bering Sea Oceanographic Insights And Ecosystem Impacts -- 20. Legacy Of Industrial Whaling Could Killer Whales Be Responsible For Declines Of Sea Lions, Elephant Seals, And Minke Whales In The Southern Hemisphere? -- 21. Predator Diet Breadth And Prey Population Dynamics Mechanism And Modeling -- 22. Bigger Is Better The Role Of Whales As Detritus In Marine Ecosystems -- 23 Gray Whales In The Bering And Chukchi Seas -- 24. Whales, Whaling, And Ecosystems In The North Atlantic Ocean -- 25. Sperm Whales In Ocean Ecosystems -- 26. Ecosystem Effects Of Fishing And Whaling In The North Pacific And Atlantic Oceans -- 27. Potential Influences Of Whaling On The Status And Trends Of Pinniped Populations -- 28. The Dynamic Between Social Systems And Ocean Ecosystems Are There Lessons From Commercial Whaling? -- 29. Whaling, Law, And Culture -- 30. Whales Are Big And It Matters -- 31. Retrospection And Review -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823943903321 |
| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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