Overview
- Presents a unique fusion of marine vertebrate ecology, conservation and technological innovation of interest to a wide audience of researchers and students
- Contains a rich resource of unpublished data, examples and illustrations
- Reflects the research of an entire continent to a diverse audience of marine sciences
- Gathers the participation of 50 institutions from about 12 different countries
- Provides scientific material to encourage new generations of Latin American researchers
Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 22)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Conservation Ecology of Marine Vertebrate Research in Latin America
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About this book
This book deals with technological advances and innovation in the ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates in Latin America. This eclectic collection is broad in scope but provides detailed summaries of new methods that are deployed in the study of marine environmental conservation. Key issues revolve around the development and application of educational methodologies in the field of marine vertebrate research, which provide a rational basis for better management of marine environments using modern techniques associated with GIS, satellite tracking, aerial systems, bioacoustics, biogeochemistry, genetics, underwater videography, species photoidentification, molecular biology, trophic ecological methods, ethological methods, and behavioural ecology, among others. Discussion and elucidation of these kinds of techniques are aimed at university-level students and post-graduate researchers. The scope of this volume includes whales, sharks, rays, dolphins, tropical fishes, turtles, manatees as well as aspects of Latin American marine ecosystem conservation. Researchers in this biogeographic region, as well as others involved with marine vertebrate research, will find this work essential reading.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Marine Vertebrate Research in Latin America
Book Subtitle: Technological Innovation and Conservation
Editors: Marcos R. Rossi-Santos, Charles W. Finkl
Series Title: Coastal Research Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56985-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56984-0Published: 29 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86051-0Published: 12 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56985-7Published: 10 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2211-0577
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0585
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 508
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 213 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecosystems, Coastal Sciences, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Vertebrates