Becoming salmon : aquaculture and the domestication of a fish / / Marianne Elisabeth Lien |
Autore | Lien Marianne E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 639.3/755 |
Collana | California Studies in Food and Culture |
Soggetto topico |
Salmon farming
Salmon farming - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
animal ethics
animal husbandry animal rights animal studies aquaculture atlantic salmon biologists farmed salmon fish farming fish life fisheries food scientists global salmon trade human animal relations industrial food production industrial husbandry international food production marine biologists marine biology marine domestication marine life salmon aquaculture salmon farming salmon farms salmon fisheries salmon trade salmon seafood |
ISBN | 0-520-96183-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Salmon in the Making -- 2. Tracking Salmon -- 3. Becoming Hungry: Introducing the Salmon Domus -- 4. Becoming Biomass: Appetite, Numbers, and Managerial Control -- 5. Becoming Scalable: Speed, Feed, and Temporal Alignments -- 6. Becoming Sentient: Choreographies of Caring and Killing -- 7. Becoming Alien: Back to the River -- 8. Tails -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Lien Marianne E.
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Becoming salmon : aquaculture and the domestication of a fish / / Marianne Elisabeth Lien |
Autore | Lien Marianne E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 639.3/755 |
Collana | California Studies in Food and Culture |
Soggetto topico |
Salmon farming
Salmon farming - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
animal ethics
animal husbandry animal rights animal studies aquaculture atlantic salmon biologists farmed salmon fish farming fish life fisheries food scientists global salmon trade human animal relations industrial food production industrial husbandry international food production marine biologists marine biology marine domestication marine life salmon aquaculture salmon farming salmon farms salmon fisheries salmon trade salmon seafood |
ISBN | 0-520-96183-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Salmon in the Making -- 2. Tracking Salmon -- 3. Becoming Hungry: Introducing the Salmon Domus -- 4. Becoming Biomass: Appetite, Numbers, and Managerial Control -- 5. Becoming Scalable: Speed, Feed, and Temporal Alignments -- 6. Becoming Sentient: Choreographies of Caring and Killing -- 7. Becoming Alien: Back to the River -- 8. Tails -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Lien Marianne E.
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The biology and ecology of giant kelp forests / / David R. Schiel and Michael S. Foster |
Autore | Schiel David R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3 |
Soggetto topico | Giant kelp |
Soggetto non controllato |
earth sciences
ecology and environment ecology giant kelp forests giant kelp kelp biology kelp conservation kelp ecology kelp forest research kelp largest seaweed life sciences marine biology marine conservation marine ecology marine ecosystems marine environment marine life marine plants marine science marine scientists ocean life ocean plants oceanography science scientists sea life sea plants seaweed biology seaweed research seaweed uses of kelp |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Biology of Giant Kelp -- Part II. The Giant Kelp Ecosystem -- Part III. Human Usage, Management, and Conservation -- Part IV. Global Change and the Future -- Afterword -- References -- Index |
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Schiel David R.
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The biology and ecology of giant kelp forests / / David R. Schiel and Michael S. Foster |
Autore | Schiel David R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3 |
Soggetto topico | Giant kelp |
Soggetto non controllato |
earth sciences
ecology and environment ecology giant kelp forests giant kelp kelp biology kelp conservation kelp ecology kelp forest research kelp largest seaweed life sciences marine biology marine conservation marine ecology marine ecosystems marine environment marine life marine plants marine science marine scientists ocean life ocean plants oceanography science scientists sea life sea plants seaweed biology seaweed research seaweed uses of kelp |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Biology of Giant Kelp -- Part II. The Giant Kelp Ecosystem -- Part III. Human Usage, Management, and Conservation -- Part IV. Global Change and the Future -- Afterword -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822969903321 |
Schiel David R.
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Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel |
Autore | Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina | 578.77/092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RodgerKatharine A <1974-> (Katharine Anne) |
Soggetto topico |
Marine invertebrates - Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Marine invertebrates - Mexico - California, Gulf of Teleology |
Soggetto non controllato |
a spiritual morphology of poetry
biography california cannery row conservation earth sciences ecology edward ricketts environment environmentalism gulf of california invertebrates log from the sea of cortez marine biology mexican village mexico monterey natural history natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction oceanography science steinbeck the philosophy of breaking through travel writing travel travelogue village wildlife |
ISBN |
1-282-35899-5
1-4237-8961-X 9786612358999 0-520-93266-8 1-60129-387-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Editor's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Foreword to the 1925 Pacific Biological Laboratories Catalog -- 2. "Zoological Introduction" to Between Pacific Tides -- 3. "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'" -- 4. "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry" -- 5. "Essay on Non-teleological Thinking" -- 6. "Verbatim Transcription of Notes of Gulf of California Trip, March-April 1940" -- 7. "Thesis and Materials for a Script on Mexico" -- 8. "Outline and Conspectus" for a Book on the Mandated Islands -- 9. "Transcript of Summer 1945 and 1946 Notes Based on Trips to the Outer Shores, West Coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and So On" -- 10. "Investigator Blames Industry, Nature for Shortage" -- Epilogue -- Living at the Lab with My Father -- Early Days: Nicknames and Such -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669203321 |
Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.>
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Encyclopedia of islands [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rosemary G. Gillespie and David A. Clague |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1110 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.4203 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GillespieRosemary G. <1957->
ClagueD. A |
Collana | Encyclopedias of the natural world |
Soggetto topico |
Islands
Habitat Ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
antarctic islands
arctic islands asian islands caribbean islands easter island ecology encyclopedia of the natural world island biology island encyclopedia island fauna island flora island formation island geography island issues island nature island reference guide island science islands marine biology natural science nature pacific islands polynesia study of islands volcanic islands world island |
ISBN |
1-282-79020-X
1-78034-888-6 9786612790201 0-520-94372-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Encyclopedia of Islands -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contents By Subject Area -- Contributors -- Guide To The Encyclopedia -- Preface -- A. -- Adaptive Radiation -- Anagenesis -- Antarctic Islands, Biology -- Antarctic Islands, Geology -- Antilles, Biology -- Antilles, Geology -- Ants -- Archaeology -- Arctic Islands, Biology -- Arctic Islands, Geology -- Arctic Region -- Ascension -- Atlantic Region -- Atolls -- Azores -- B. -- Baffin -- Baja California: Offshore Islands -- Barrier Islands -- Barro Colorado -- Beaches -- Bermuda -- Biological Control -- Bird Disease -- Bird Radiations -- Borneo -- Britain And Ireland -- C. -- Canary Islands, Biology -- Canary Islands, Geology -- Cape Verde Islands -- Caroline Islands -- Caves, As Islands -- Channel Islands (British Isles) -- Channel Islands (California), Biology -- Channel Islands (California), Geology -- Cichlid Fish -- Climate Change -- Climate On Islands -- Cold Seeps -- Comoros -- Continental Islands -- Convergence -- Cook Islands -- Coral -- Cozumel -- Crickets -- Cyprus -- D. -- Darwin And Geologic History -- Deforestation -- Dispersal -- Dodo -- Drosophila -- Dwarfism -- E -- Earthquakes -- Easter Island -- Ecological Release -- Endemism -- Ephemeral Islands, Biology -- Ephemeral Islands, Geology -- Erosion, Coastal -- Eruptions: Laki And Tambora -- Ethnobotany -- Exploration And Discovery -- Extinction -- F. -- Farallon Islands -- Faroe Islands -- Fernando De Noronha -- Fiji, Biology -- Fiji, Geology -- Fish Stocks/ Overfishing -- Flightlessness -- Fossil Birds -- Founder Effects -- Fragmentation -- Fraser Island -- French Polynesia, Biology -- French Polynesia, Geology -- Freshwater Habitats -- Frogs -- G. -- Galápagos Finches -- Galápagos Islands, Biology -- Galápagos Islands, Geology -- Gigantism -- Global Warming -- Granitic Islands -- Great Barrier Reef Islands, Biology -- Great Barrier Reef Islands, Geology -- Greek Islands, Biology -- Greek Islands, Geology -- H. -- Hawaiian Islands, Biology -- Hawaiian Islands, Geology -- Honeycreepers, Hawaiian -- Human Impacts, Pre-European -- Hurricanes And Typhoons -- Hydrology -- Hydrothermal Vents -- I. -- Iceland -- Inbreeding -- Indian Region -- Indonesia, Biology -- Indonesia, Geology -- Insect Radiations -- Inselbergs -- Introduced Species -- Invasion Biology -- Island Arcs -- Island Biogeography, Theory Of -- Island Formation -- Island Rule -- J. -- Japan'S Islands, Biology -- Japan'S Islands, Geology -- Juan Fernandez Islands -- K. -- Kick 'Em Jenny -- Kīpuka -- Komodo Dragons -- Kon-Tiki -- Krakatau -- Kurile Islands -- L. -- Lakes, As Islands -- Land Crabs On Christmas Island -- Landslides -- Land Snails -- Lava And Ash -- Lava Tubes -- Lemurs And Tarsiers -- Line Islands -- Lizard Radiations -- Lophelia Oases -- Lord Howe Island -- M. -- Macquarie, Biology -- Macquarie, Geology -- Madagascar -- Madeira Archipelago -- Makatea Islands -- Maldives -- Mammal Radiations -- Mangrove Islands -- Marianas, Biology -- Marianas, Geology -- Marine Lakes -- Marine Protected Areas -- Marshall Islands -- Mascarene Islands, Biology -- Mascarene Islands, Geology -- Mediterranean Region -- Metapopulations -- Midway -- Missionaries, Effects Of -- Moa -- Motu -- N. -- New Caledonia, Biology -- New Caledonia, Geology -- Newfoundland -- New Guinea, Biology -- New Guinea, Geology -- New Zealand, Biology -- New Zealand, Geology -- Nuclear Bomb Testing -- O. -- Oases -- Oceanic Islands -- Orchids -- Organic Falls On The Ocean Floor -- P. -- Pacific Region -- Palau -- Pantepui -- Peopling The Pacific -- Philippines, Biology -- Philippines, Geology -- Phosphate Islands -- Pigs And Goats -- Pitcairn -- Plant Disease -- Plate Tectonics -- Pocket Basins And Deep-Sea Speciation -- Polynesian Voyaging -- Popular Culture, Islands In -- Population Genetics, Island Models In -- Prisons And Penal Settlements -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z. Zanzibar -- Glossary -- Index |
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Encyclopedia of theoretical ecology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alan Hastings, Louis J. Gross |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (848 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.03 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HastingsA <1953-> (Alan)
GrossLouis J |
Collana | Encyclopedias of the natural world |
Soggetto topico | Ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
allee effect
animal biology animals and ecosystems applied ecology behavioral ecology biodiversity biology major books biology reference climate change computational ecology ecological sciences ecology reference ecology textbook ecosystem ecology environmental conservation environmental protection epidemic modeling epidemiology going green marine biology population ecology science and ecosystems science textbook scientific reference scientists spatial ecology statistics and ecology |
ISBN |
1-280-99791-5
1-78034-889-4 9786613769527 0-520-95178-6 |
Classificazione | WI 1500 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA -- CONTRIBUTORS -- GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA -- PREFACE -- Adaptive Behavior and Vigilance -- Adaptive Dynamics -- Adaptive Landscapes -- Age Structure -- Allee Effects -- Allometry and Growth -- Apparent Competition -- Applied Ecology -- Assembly Processes -- Bayesian Statistics -- Behavioral Ecology -- Belowground Processes -- Beverton-Holt Model -- Bifurcations -- Biogeochemistry and Nutrient Cycles -- Birth-Death Models -- Bottom-Up Control -- Branching Processes -- Cannibalism -- Cellular Automata -- Chaos -- Coevolution -- Compartment Models -- Computational Ecology -- Conservation Biology -- Continental Scale Patterns -- Cooperation, Evolution of -- Delay Differential Equations -- Demography -- Difference Equations -- Discounting in Bioeconomics -- Disease Dynamics -- Dispersal, Animal -- Dispersal, Evolution of -- Dispersal, Plant -- Diversity Measures -- Dynamic Programming -- Ecological Economics -- Ecosystem Ecology -- Ecosystem Engineers -- Ecosystem Services -- Ecosystem Valuation -- Ecotoxicology -- Energy Budgets |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790302403321 |
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Experimental approaches to conservation biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Malcolm S. Gordon and Soraya M. Bartol |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 639.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GordonMalcolm S
BartolSoraya M. <1970-> |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Biology, Experimental |
Soggetto non controllato |
amphibians
animal populations australia biodiversity biology conservation desert tortoise ecology ecosystem endangered animals environment environmentalism extinction grassland hawaiian tree snails healthy ocean invasive species leatherneck sea turtles marine animals marine biology marsupials national parks native plants natural sciences new zealand nonfiction ocean animals ocean oceanography rock iguanas science sea lions sea |
ISBN |
1-282-35730-1
9786612357305 0-520-93063-0 1-4175-4515-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Experimental Biology in Conservation Science -- 2. Overview -- 3. Contributions of Ex Situ Propagation and Molecular Genetics to Conservation of Hawaiian Tree Snails -- 4. Multiple Causes for Declining Amphibian Populations -- 5. Energetics of Leatherback Sea Turtles -- 6. Experimental Strategies for the Recovery of Depleted Populations of West Indian Rock Iguanas -- 7. Endocrinology and the Conservation of New Zealand Birds -- 8. Conservation of Australian Arid-Zone Marsupials -- 9. The Population Decline of Steller Sea Lions -- 10. Overview -- 11. Tipping the Balance in the Restoration of Native Plants -- 12. Using Natural Experiments in the Study of Alien Tree Invasions -- 13. Biological Control in Support of Conservation -- 14. Overview -- 15. The Army and the Desert Tortoise -- 16. Integrating Experimental Research with the Needs of Natural-Resource and Land Managers -- 17. Making Wildlife Research More Meaningful by Prioritizing Science, Linking Disciplines, and Building Capacity -- 18. African National Parks under Challenge -- Systematic Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783389803321 |
Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast : Baja, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia / / Sarah G. Allen, Joe Mortenson, Sophie Webb |
Autore | Allen Sarah G. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (585 p.) |
Disciplina |
599.5091643
599.50979 |
Collana | California Natural History Guides |
Soggetto topico |
Marine mammals - Pacific Coast (North America)
Marine mammals -- Pacific Coast (North America) Marine mammals -- Pacific Coast (North America) -- Identification Zoology Health & Biological Sciences Vertebrates |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
baja british columbia california canada conservation dolphins ecology evolution field guide gray whales kelp beds killer whales marine biologists marine biology marine mammals mexico migration natural history natural sciences nonfiction oregon pacific coast pacific ocean sea mammals sea otters seals species distribution species identification taxonomy vancouver island washington whale species zoologists zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27725-5
9786613277251 0-520-94731-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- MARINE HABITAT PLATES -- INTRODUCTION -- SPECIES PLATES -- CETACEANS -- CARNIVORES -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- ART CREDITS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791888203321 |
Allen Sarah G.
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Historical biogeography of neotropical freshwater fishes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James S. Albert, Roberto E. Reis |
Autore | Albert James S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (406 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.176098 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AlbertJames S
ReisRoberto E |
Soggetto topico |
Freshwater fishes - Latin America - Geographical distribution
Freshwater fishes - Latin America - Geographical distribution - History Historical geology - Latin America Paleoecology - Latin America Freshwater fishes - Latin America - Phylogeny Zoogeography - Latin America Biodiversity - Latin America |
Soggetto non controllato |
amazon basin
animal populations biodiversity biology central america conservation diversification earth sciences ecological specialization ecology environment environmentalism extinct animals fauna fish geography historical biogeography ichthyology life sciences marine animals marine biology nature neotropical freshwater ocean health ocean rainforests science south america speciation tropical wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27768-9
9786613277688 0-520-94850-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- One. Introduction To Neotropical Freshwaters -- Two. Major Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Patterns -- Three. Geological Development of Amazon and Orinoco Basins -- Four. The Paraná-Paraguay Basin: Geology and Paleoenvironments -- Five. Species Richness and Cladal Diversity -- Six. Paleogene Radiations -- Seven. Neogene Assembly of Modern Faunas -- Eight. The Biogeography of Marine Incursions in South America -- Nine. Continental-Scale Tectonic Controls of Biogeography and Ecology -- Ten. An Ecological Perspective on Diversity and Distributions -- Eleven. The Amazon-Paraguay Divide -- Twelve. The Eastern Brazilian Shield -- Thirteen. The Guiana Shield -- Fourteen. The Vaupes Arch and Casiquiare Canal Barriers and Passages -- Fifteen. Northern South America Magdalena and Maracaibo Basins -- Sixteen. The Andes Riding the Tectonic Uplift -- Seventeen. Nuclear Central America -- Eighteen. Not So Fast A New Take on the Great American Biotic Interchange -- Glossary -- Literature Cited -- Name Index -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791976303321 |
Albert James S
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