Worldwide in coverage, this 477-page book reveals the inside story on existing and planned marine protected areas (MPAs), marine national parks and sanctuaries around the world. It is designed to be a key resource for scientists, research institutions, students, wildlife conservation agencies, MPA managers, and anyone who cares about cetaceans and the special places where they live.
Humankind has long felt a kinship of ocean-dwelling mammals, and human culture, customs, and literature abound with sea mammal lore. This volume covers 19 families in 3 orders. Sirenians (like manatees) are evolutionarily distant from both pinnipeds (meaning "fin-footed") and cetaceans, but ecological similarity argues for keeping these three groups together in one volume. The bulk of the volume is devoted to the cetaceans, by far the largest group of mammals inhabiting the oceans of the world full time.
Este guia de campo sobre os nossos cetáceos é uma valiosa ferramenta de identificação das 44 espécies e um gênero com ocorrência confirmada no Brasil. O guia descreve com precisão científica, porém com uma linguagem compreensível e concisa para um público heterogêneo: a morfologia externa e padrão de coloração característicos; comportamentos típicos; comprimentos; massas corporais; tamanho de grupo; distribuição geográfica; hábitat e outras informações úteis para a positiva distinção das espécies, incluindo uma chave de identificação abrangente e simples de usar.
The conservation status of the toothed whales has worsened dramatically since 2001. Since then, more species have been listed in the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable and Nearly Threatended, while the Baiji river dolphin, which used to live in the Yangtze River, is now probably extinct. One major threat to toothed whales world wide is entanglement in fishing gear. This alone claimed an unsustainably high death toll and for 86% of all toothed whale species, entanglement and death in gillnets, traps, weirs, purse seines, longlines and trawls poses a major risk.
The new Annual Report series contains information on the activities of the International Whaling Commission during the previous year. In particular it will contain the Chairman's Report of the Annual Meeting. This summarises the important discussions and management actions taken by the Commission and is essential reading for all who are interested in the conservation of cetaceans.
Each year, over 80 scientists from around the world gather to discuss and assess the status of the world's whale stocks. They form the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission and report to that body before it agrees regulations for the coming year.
Worldwide in coverage, this 516-page book reveals the inside story on existing and planned marine protected areas (MPAs), national parks and sanctuaries around the world. It is designed to be a key resource for scientists, research institutions, students, wildlife conservation agencies, MPA managers, and anyone who cares about cetaceans and the special places where they live.
