2006, ISBN: 9780520248847

Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988. xiii, 445pp, index, bibliography, maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Small bookseller label on front pastedown, else as new. In the post W… Mehr…

Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988. xiii, 445pp, index, bibliography, maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Small bookseller label on front pastedown, else as new. In the post WWII period coastal states began to make jurisdictional claims to extensive areas of ocean, requiring decisions on how ocean boundaries are to be established and maintained. This book provides a synthesis of all disciplines relevant to any aspect of boundary-making. Outlines the general theory of boundary-making; reviews the modern history of all modes of boundary-making in the ocean, and provides a theoretical framework for the analysis and evaluation of ocean boundary claims, practices, arrangements and settlements.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988, 5, Berkeley: University of California Press. Near Fine. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520248848 . This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. Innovative and comprehensive, the volume encompasses multiple points of view to consider the total ecological impact of industrial whaling on the world's oceans. Combining empirical research, ecological theory and modeling, and historical data, its chapters present perspectives from ecology, population biology, physiology, genetics, evolutionary history, ocean biogeography, economics, culture, and law, among other disciplines. Throughout, contributors investigate how whaling fundamentally disrupted ocean ecosystems, examine the various roles whales play in food webs, and discuss the continuing ecological chain reactions to the depletion of these large animals. In addition to reviewing what is known of the current and historic whale populations, Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems considers how this knowledge will bear on scientific approaches to conservation and whaling in the future and whether it is possible to restore ocean ecosystems to their pre-whaling condition. ; 285 x 220mm; xvi, 402 pages ., University of California Press, 2006, 4<

2006, ISBN: 9780520248847

Berkeley: University of California Press. Near Fine. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520248848 . This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural … Mehr…

Berkeley: University of California Press. Near Fine. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520248848 . This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. Innovative and comprehensive, the volume encompasses multiple points of view to consider the total ecological impact of industrial whaling on the world's oceans. Combining empirical research, ecological theory and modeling, and historical data, its chapters present perspectives from ecology, population biology, physiology, genetics, evolutionary history, ocean biogeography, economics, culture, and law, among other disciplines. Throughout, contributors investigate how whaling fundamentally disrupted ocean ecosystems, examine the various roles whales play in food webs, and discuss the continuing ecological chain reactions to the depletion of these large animals. In addition to reviewing what is known of the current and historic whale populations, Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems considers how this knowledge will bear on scientific approaches to conservation and whaling in the future and whether it is possible to restore ocean ecosystems to their pre-whaling condition. ; 285 x 220mm; xvi, 402 pages ., University of California Press, 2006, 4<