Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems: Their Role in Monitoring and Management (Conservation Biology, Series Number 12) - Softcover

Camphuysen, C. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052161256X ISBN 13: 9780521612562

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

The sustainable exploitation of the marine environment depends upon our capacity to develop systems of management with predictable outcomes. Unfortunately, marine ecosystems are highly dynamic and this property could conflict with the objective of sustainable exploitation. This book investigates the theory that the population and behavioural dynamics of predators at the upper end of marine food chains can be used to assist with management. Since these species integrate the dynamics of marine ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, they offer new sources of information that can be formally used in setting management objectives. This book examines the current advances in the understanding of the ecology of marine predators and will investigate how information from these species could be used in management.

About this title

Book Description:

Seals, seabirds, whales and dolphins are at the top of marine food chains: studying their ecology can help identify and monitor changes in wider marine ecosystems. This book examines our current understanding of marine predator ecology and investigates how it can be used in management and conservation of marine habitats.

About the Author:

Ian Boyd is Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a recipient of the Bruce Medal of the Zoological Society of London for his scientific studies in Antarctica.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 052161256X
• ISBN 13: 9780521612562
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Boyd I. L., Wanless S.