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  • 1
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Zoology. ; Biodiversity. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Ecology. ; Zoology. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Christopher Clark and Ellen Garland -- Ch 1: Overview. Christopher Clark -- Ch. 2: Anatomy and physiology. Joy Reidenberg -- Ch. 3: Movement, Residency & Migration. Alex Zerbini and Sue Moore,- Ch. 4: Feeding strategies. Ari Friedlaender -- Ch. 5: Molecular genetics. Emma Carroll -- Ch. 6: Social organization. Peter Tyack -- Ch. 7: Ethological and bioacoustic variability. Christopher Clark -- Ch. 8: Baleen whale culture. Ellen Garland and Emma Carroll -- Ch. 9: Blue whale – Global diversity & behavioral variability in a specialist. Ana Sirovic -- Ch. 10: Humpback whale – Global diversity & behavioral plasticity in a court jester. Rebecca Dunlop -- Ch. 11: Humpback whale song - Global diversity & behavioral plasticity in a court jester. Danielle Cholewiak, Sal Cerchio and Ellen Garland -- Ch. 12: Bowhead whale – Acoustic variability in the almost-a-right whale that went north. Kate Stafford -- Ch. 13: Right whales - From north to south, what’s the big difference? Susan Parks -- Ch. 14: Minke Whale – Diversity and variability. Denise Risch -- Ch. 15: Omura’s Whale – An enigma. Sal Cerchio. .
    Abstract: In this book, an international team of leading marine mammal scientists, with a remarkably diverse set of backgrounds and areas of expertise, lead you through a synthesis of current knowledge on baleen whales. Baleen whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on this planet. They also have the lowest and most intense voices on Earth, most likely evolved to take advantage of ocean acoustic transmission conditions so as to be detectable across ocean basins. Some baleen whales can live to be 150-200 years old. They migrate many thousands of kilometers between feeding and breeding areas. They produce songs and calls that serve as behavioral foundations for establishing, maintaining and expanding their cultural identities. To conclude that we know the behavioral limits of these large brained, long-lived animals would be naïve. As baleen whale scientists, we are still beginning to comprehend the enormous complexities and natural histories of these remarkable animals. Today, the fact that whales sing is known throughout much of the world. This awareness started 50 years ago with the publication and popularization of a collection of humpback song recordings that motivated research into baleen whale behavioral ethology. In this book’s chapters, a reader’s experiences will stretch from learning about baleen whale laryngeal anatomy associated with their different voices to learning about the vast ocean areas over which their voices can be heard and the emerging complexities of their culturally defined societies. These are accompanied by chapters on the fundamental ethological contexts of socializing, migrating, and foraging. Two common themes permeate the book. One theme highlights the phenomenal increase in scientific knowledge achieved through technological advancements. The other theme recognizes the impacts of human-made activities on ocean acoustic environments and the resultant influences on the health and survival of individual whales and their populations. Although the book is intentionally ambitious in its scope, as scientists, we fully recognize that baleen whale science is still in its infancy. Many profound revelations await discovery by cohorts of young, multi-talented explorers, some of whom are stretching their wings in this volume and some of whom are reading these scientific stories for the first time.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 384 p. 87 illus., 62 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030984496
    Series Statement: Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals,
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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  • 2
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Biotic communities. ; Biodiversity. ; Population biology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Ecosystems. ; Biodiversity. ; Community and Population Ecology. ; Microbial Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Lake Alchichica: History of Human Settlements -- Chapter 2 Geological Evolution of the Alchichica Crater -- Chapter 3 Paleoenvironmental Change in Central Mexico During the Last 20,000 Years -- Chapter 4 Recent Climate of Serdán-Oriental Basin -- Chapter 5 Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Serdán-Oriental Basin and the Lake Alchichica -- Chapter 6 Meteorological Regime, Local Climate, and Hydrodynamics of Lake Alchichica -- Chapter 7 Physicochemical Characteristics -- Chapter 8 The Littoral Environment -- Chapter 9 Aquatic Vegetation -- Chapter 10 The Littoral Community -- Chapter 11 Bacterioplankton -- Chapter 12 -- Phytoplankton of Alchichica: A Unique Community for an Oligotrophic Lake -- Chapter 13 Protozooplankton -- Chapter 14 Metazooplankton: The Joys and Challenges of Living in a Saline, Oligotrophic, Warm Monomictic Lake -- Chapter 15 Alchichica Silverside -- Chapter 16 -- The Axolotl of Alchichica -- Chapter 17 The Deep Benthic Zone. - Chapter 18 Lake Metabolism. - Chapter 19 Lake Food Webs -- Chapter 20 Diversity and Endemisms -- Chapter 21 Conservation Actions -- Chapter 22 Microbialites: Diversity Hotspots in the Mexican Plateau -- Chapter 23 The Lake Alchichica from an Astrobiological Perspective -- Chapter 24 Lake Alchichica Traditions, Myths, and Legends: Interviews with Local Residents. .
    Abstract: The book provides a comprehensive account of a tropical lake, Alchichica, considering that tropical limnology is by far less well-understood than temperate. Many of the well-known temperate limnology paradigms do not apply in tropical limnology, such as the ≥ 1ºC/m thermocline concept, or the role of phosphorous as limiting nutrient. Lake Alchichica is - most likely – the best limnologically known Mexican lake up to date. Twenty years of continuous monitoring has led us to understand this deep, warm monomictic lake. The peculiar chemical composition of this saline lake – sodium-alkaline with high concentration in magnesium waters, and groundwater-fed – led to the formation of its unique stromatolite ring that has become world-famous, studied by scientists from various countries. From a biological point of view, this relatively small maar lake displays a low species richness, but surprisingly is plentiful in microendemic species for a recently-formed lake (12,000 years old, at the onset of Holocene Epoch), eleven of which already described, with more to come. Researchers and students interested in tropical limnology, extreme ecosystems, evolutionary biology, and microbiology will find this book a must-read.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXI, 433 p. 179 illus., 144 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030790967
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Biodiversity. ; Zoology. ; Behavior genetics. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Zoology. ; Behavioral Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Evolution – Analisa Berta -- Sensory and cognition – Tentative Colleen Reichmuth and others -- Communication – Isabelle Charrier -- Physiology – Dan Crocker -- Movement – Luis Huckstadt and Ryan Reisinger -- Navigation – Patrick Robinson -- Foraging ecology and behavior – Don Bowen -- Reproductive behavior and lactation strategies – Dan Costa and Jen Maresh -- Breeding behavior – Paddy Pomeroy and Kelly Robinson -- Conservation – Samantha Simmons and others.
    Abstract: Phocid (or earless or true) seals are ecologically diverse, occupying habitats from the tropics to the poles in marine and freshwater and feeding on anything from tiny zooplankton to other marine mammals. There are 18 species of phocid seals, the smallest species (ringed seal) is more than 20 times smaller than the largest (southern elephant seal), with marked sexual dimorphism present in some species. This book examines the behavior, ecology, and physiology that allow phocid seals to inhabit such a wide range of habitats. The book is composed of 16 chapters written by 37 authors from 8 countries. The book first describes the general patterns of phocid behavior, followed by descriptions of what is known about well-studied species. We have taken a holistic approach, focusing not only on the behaviors themselves but also on the factors that constrain the expression of behavior and the proximate mechanisms driving behavior. In many cases, the chapters represent collaborations between well-established researchers and early-mid career individuals who bring new perspectives to help carry the field of phocid behavioral ecology well into the future.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 645 p. 180 illus., 161 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030889234
    Series Statement: Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals,
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Biodiversity. ; Zoology. ; Behavior genetics. ; Vertebrates. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Biodiversity. ; Zoology. ; Behavioral Genetics. ; Vertebrate Zoology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Neuroethological background of marine mammal complexity -- Social extremes and their relation to anthropogenic stress -- Lone, sociable marine mammals and their influence on human attitudes -- Efforts of conserving marine mammals (spaces excluded) -- Conserving marine mammal spaces and habitats -- Conservation relevance of marine mammal social learning and culture -- Marine mammal migrations.
    Abstract: The seventh volume in the series “Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals” describes aspects of the often-complex relationship between humans and marine mammals. From a primeval condition of occasional predators, during the last century humans have become a major factor negatively affecting the status of most marine mammals through over-hunting, habitat encroachment and environmental degradation. This has led to the extirpation of many marine mammal populations and even to the extinction of species. However, in parallel to this destructive drive, since antiquity humanity has been influenced by a strong fascination for marine mammals, which contributes today to an increased human appreciation of the natural world admixed with widespread concern for its degrading condition. The special status occupied by marine mammals in human imagination and affection stands in stark contrast with the current predicament of many populations still threatened by the doings of Homo sapiens: a condition emblematic of the relationship of humanity with nature, and key to understanding where humanity is heading.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 465 p. 88 illus., 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030981006
    Series Statement: Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals,
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Invertebrates. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Invertebrate Zoology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Morphology of Free-living Nematode -- Chapter 3. Materials and Methods -- Chapter 4. Systematics and taxanomy -- Chapter 5. Order Araeolaimida De Coninck & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933 -- Chapter 6. Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933 -- Chapter 7. Order Desmodorida De Coninck, 1965 -- Chapter 8. Order Desmoscolecida Filipjev, 1929 -- Chapter 9. Order Monhysterida Filipjev, 1929 -- Chapter 10. Order Plectida Gadea, 1973 -- Chapter 11. Order Enoplida Filipjev, 1929 -- Index to families, genera and species.
    Abstract: This book describes and illustrates 300 species of free-living marine nematodes from the East China Sea and includes eighteen new species. Free-living marine nematode is the most dominant and diverse meiofaunal group in marine benthic habitats. It has strong adaptability and wide distribution, and plays a very important role in the material circulation and energy flow of benthic ecosystem. Up to now, about 7,000 species of free-living marine forms (attached to 2 Class, 8 Order, 86 Family, 662 genera) have been recorded around the world. Some 500 species have so far been reported from the sea areas of China. Among them, more than 300 species were identified from the East China Sea. The book will provide basic data and information of free-living marine nematodes for ecosystem management, protection and utilization of marine biological resources in the East China Sea.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 409 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811638367
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Bioclimatology. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction and Background -- Chapter 2. Anthropogenic Environmental Impacts on Coral Reefs in the Western and South-Western Pacific Ocean -- Chapter 3. Advances in Coral Biology -- Chapter 4. Reef Ecology in the Western Pacific for Adaptation to Global Change -- Chapter 5. Biogeochemical Dynamics of Coral Reef Systems -- Chapter 6. Environmental and Climate Proxies Embedded in Coral Skeletons -- Chapter 7. Synthesis and Future Perspectives on the Coral Reefs in the Western Pacific Region.
    Abstract: The monograph is based on the research and training activities in the Western Pacific Ocean Region within the umbrella of UNESCO/IOC-Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific Region. The results of these activities are compared to cases from other tropical and subtropical regions on this planet to make the knowledge applicable to global aspects of sustainability of coral reef ecosystems. In this monograph, we examine the coral reefs from viewpoint of multidisciplinary approaches, including, environmental impacts, coral biology and system ecology, biogeochemical cycles and processes that drive the material and energy flow through the food web, as well as the proxies in geochemistry that have been used to track the responses of coral reefs to the changing climate and human perturbations. Although this study is focused on the Western Pacific Ocean, the Western Pacific Ocean is so large and diverse that most reef environment types on this planet are located within it. Therefore, knowledge gained in this study is relevant to the application of coastal management in practice as well as in the teaching classes on the interactions between coral reef ecosystems with changing environments.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 199 p. 37 illus., 30 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030971892
    Series Statement: Coral Reefs of the World, 14
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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  • 7
    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Biodiversity. ; Zoology. ; Molecular ecology. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Biodiversity. ; Zoology. ; Molecular Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Omics Age -- Incorporating Genetic Measures of Connectivity and Adaptation in Marine Spatial Planning for Corals -- Maximizing Genetic Diversity in Coral Restoration Projects -- Identifying, Monitoring, and Managing Adaptive Genetic Variation in Reef-Building Corals Under Rapid Climate Warming -- Selective Breeding to Enhance the Adaptive Potential of Corals -- Coral Conservation from the Genomic Perspective on Symbiodiniaceae Diversity and Function in the Holobiont -- Dynamics of Bacterial Communities on Coral Reefs: Implications for Conservation -- Increasing Coral thermal Bleaching Tolerance via the Manipulation of Associated Microbes -- Epigenetics and Acquired Tolerance to Environmental Stress -- Can Gene Expression Studies Inform Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration? -- A Need for Reverse Genetics to Study Coral Biology and Inform Conservation Efforts -- Informing Coral Reef Conservation Through Metabolomic Approaches -- Environmental DNA for Biodiversity Monitoring of Coral Reefs -- Cryopreservation to Conserve Genetic Diversity of Reef-Building Corals -- Synthesis: Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Omics Age.
    Abstract: The rapid demise of coral reefs worldwide has spurred efforts to develop innovative conservation and restoration methods. Many of these rely on omics approaches to produce genetic, genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic or metabolomic data to inform conservation and restoration interventions. This book provides the state of play of this field. It discusses topics ranging from how genomic and environmental DNA (eDNA) data can be used to inform marine protected area design and cryopreservation strategies, the use of knowledge on adaptive genetic and epigenetic variation to maximise environmental stress tolerance of coral stock, harnessing transcriptome data to develop early warning markers, the use of microbial symbiont omics data in guiding restoration strategies, to applications of metabolomics and genetic engineering. How best to translate omics data to resource managers is also discussed.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 242 p. 48 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031070556
    Series Statement: Coral Reefs of the World, 15
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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  • 8
    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Biodiversity. ; Plant propagation. ; Food science. ; Agricultural genome mapping. ; Agriculture. ; Biodiversity. ; Plant Domestication. ; Food Science. ; Agricultural Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Introduction -- Chapter. 2. Domestication and Evolution of Ancient Wheats -- Chapter. 3. Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution of Ancient Wheats in Turkey -- Chapter. 4. Genetic Diversity in Ancient Wheats -- Chapter. 5. Conservation Strategies -- Chapter. 6. Chemical Composition of Einkorn (Triticum monococcum ssp. monococcum), Emmer (Triticum dicoccum), and Spelt (Triticum spelta) -- Chapter. 7. Nutritional and Technological Aspects of Ancient Wheat -- Chapter. 8. From hologenomes to biofertilizers in wheat production -- Chapter. 9. Wild relatives and their contributions to wheat breeding -- Chapter. 10. Socio-economic evaluation of einkorn wheat production.
    Abstract: Wheat (Triticum L.), an annual herbaceous plant in Poacae (Gramineae) family, settles in the Triticeae (Hordeae) subfamily. The grasses (Poaceae Barnhart) are the fifth largest (monocotyledonous flowering) plant family and of great importance for human civilization and life. Cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, barley, and millet are the domesticated ones in the family. It is still the most vital economical plant family in modern times, providing food, forage, building materials (bamboo, thatch), and fuel (ethanol). Wheat has many accessions in national and international gene banks. The estimated number of wheats by FAO in 2010 is 856,000, and, followed by rice (774,000), and barley (467,000). However, the recent consumer's (misdirected) focus on gluten content and nutritional value urges scientists to reexamine their knowledge about wheat (i.e., origin, evolution, and general and special quality characteristics), as well as their wild relatives and landraces for newer possible genetic resources. Cultured or non-cultured ancestral wheats: einkorn, emmer, wild emmer, spelt, macha, and vavilovii are still limitedly grown on the higher areas in Turkey, Italy, Germany, Morocco, Israel, and Balkan countries. They are exploited mostly for their desired agronomic, and specific quality. In some cultures, wheat species are believed to be therapeutic, with bioactive compounds that reduce and inhibit stubborn illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer, and cardiovascular diseases. In this book, we summarize the importance of ancestral wheat species, and provide a prospect for their future with special considerations in terms of species conservation and improvement. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 260 p. 76 illus., 67 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031072857
    DDC: 630
    Language: English
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Behavior genetics. ; Zoology. ; Biodiversity. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Behavioral Genetics. ; Ecology. ; Zoology. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: What can we infer about the behavior of extinct sirenians -- Sensory and morphological adaptation for an aquatic lifestyle -- Diving and foraging behaviors. Lucy Keith-Diagne, African Aquatic Conservation Fund -- Movement behaviors. Chip Deutsch, Associate Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission -- Historical and current interactions with humans from the perspective of sirenian ethology and behavioral ecology -- Likely impacts of climate change on sirenian behavior -- Implications of sirenian behavior for conservation and management.
    Abstract: Despite their rich fossil history, there are only four surviving species of sirenians or sea cows, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals. The three species of manatees and the dugong live in the coastal waters rivers and lakes of more than 80 tropical and subtropical countries and are all on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This book examines sirenian conservation biology through the lens of their behavioral ecology and ethology. Sirenian feeding, diving, movement, social and reproductive behaviors are reviewed by an international team of scientists from eight countries, with an emphasis on data gathered in the past 15 years. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 417 p. 62 illus., 43 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030907426
    Series Statement: Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals,
    DDC: 577.6
    Language: English
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