European Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: Marine Mammal Conservation in Practice presents an intimate view of the workings of international conservation agreements to protect marine mammals, detailing achievements over the last 25 years, identifying weaknesses and making recommendations that governments, scientists, marine stakeholders and the public can take to improve conservation efforts. The book is written by an experienced marine mammal scientist and award-winning conservationist, providing a unique synthesis on their status, distribution and ecology. In addition, it presents information on various conservation threats, including fisheries by catch, contaminants, noise disturbance, plastic ingestion and climate change. This comprehensive resource will appeal to marine mammal conservationists and researchers, as well as environmental and wildlife practitioners at all levels.
| ISBN: | 9780128190531 |
| Publication date: | 4th December 2019 |
| Author: | Peter G. H. (Director, Sea Watch Foundation; Lecturer, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor, Wales, UK) Evans |
| Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 322 pages |
| Genres: |
Marine biology Zoology: marine and freshwater mammals Conservation of wildlife and habitats Animal husbandry |