Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters write by Todd J. Braje. This book was released on 2011-03-23. Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “The bones recovered from the middens of the northeastern Pacific shorelines have important stories to tell biologists, marine mammalogists, and those concerned with marine conservation. This volume unearths a wealth of information about the historical ecology of seals, sea lions, and sea otters in the North Pacific that spans thousands of years. It provides fascinating insights into how the world once looked, and how it may one day look again as seals, sea lions, and sea otters reclaim and recolonize their former haunts.”—Andrew Trites, Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia “Braje and Rick have assembled a compelling set of case studies on the long-term and complex interactions between people, marine mammals, and environments in the Northeast Pacific. The promise of zooarchaeology as historical science is on full display, as researchers use geochemistry, aDNA, morphometrics, and traditional analytic methods to address questions of utmost importance to the long-term health of coastal ecosystems. If this book doesn't convince conservation biology about the need to take the long view of animal histories and ecosystems into account in developing conservation management plans, I'm not sure what will.”—Virginia L. Butler, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University
Seal or Sea Lion?
Seal or Sea Lion? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seal or Sea Lion? write by Rob Ryndak. This book was released on 2015-07-15. Seal or Sea Lion? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What’s the difference between a seal and a sea lion? These “second cousins” of the sea look similar, but there are many ways to tell these creatures apart. From ear shape to the noises they make to communicate, seals and sea lions are amazing creatures with both shared features and many truly unique attributes. They both share an ocean habitat, but when readers take a closer look, it’s easy to discover how they each fight off predators, mate, and raise their young in different ways. Captivating full-color photographs help to bring these marvelous mammals to vivid life.
Fur Seals and Sea Lions
Fur Seals and Sea Lions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fur Seals and Sea Lions write by Roger Kirkwood. This book was released on 2013-06-12. Fur Seals and Sea Lions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fur seals and sea lions are charismatic, large carnivores that engage us with both their skill and playful antics. Although all species in Australian waters were harvested to near extinction 200 years ago, fur seals are recovering and are now common in near-shore waters across southern Australia. Sea lions, however, are endangered. Their populations appear not to have recovered like fur seals and are declining at some locations. Fur seals and sea lions are important top level predators and play an important role in Australia’s temperate marine ecosystems. Key threats they currently face relate to human activities, particularly interactions with fisheries. This book outlines the comparative evolutionary ecology, biology, life-history, behaviour, conservation status, threats, history of human interactions and latest research on the three species of otariids that live in the waters of southern Australia: the Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal and Australian sea lion. It also includes brief descriptions of Antarctic and Subantarctic seals that occupy the Antarctic pack-ice and remote Australian territories of Macquarie Island and Heard Island.
The Pinnipeds
The Pinnipeds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pinnipeds write by Marianne Riedman. This book was released on 1990-01-01. The Pinnipeds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discusses the adaptation, evolution, classification, distribution, ecology, behavior, communication, and learning of seals, sea lions and walruses.
Can You Tell a Seal from a Sea Lion?
Can You Tell a Seal from a Sea Lion? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can You Tell a Seal from a Sea Lion? write by Buffy Silverman. This book was released on 2012-01-01. Can You Tell a Seal from a Sea Lion? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents information on how to tell the difference between seals and sea lions, even though they are similar in many ways.
