Title The Gulf of California : biodiversity and conservation / edited by Richard C. Brusca ; [foreword by Rodrigo C. Brusca]

Published Tucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press : Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, ©2010

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xi, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) Series Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum studies in natural history Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum studies in natural history. Contents Origin, age, and geological evolution of the Gulf of California / Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez and Ana Luisa Carreño -- Physical, chemical, and biological oceanography of the Gulf of California / Saúl Alvarez-Borrego -- Reefs that rock and roll : biology and conservation of rhodolith beds in the Gulf of California / Rafael Riosmena-Rodríguez [and others] -- Invertebrate biodiversity and conservation in the Gulf of California / Richard C. Brusca and Michel E. Hendrickx -- Fishes of the Gulf of California / Philip A. Hastings, Lloyd T. Findley, and Albert M. van der Heiden -- The importance of fisheries in the Gulf of California, and ecosystem-based sustainable co-management for conservation / Miguel Á. Cisneros-Mata -- Sea turtles of the Gulf of California : biology, culture, and conservation / Jeffrey A. Seminoff -- Ospreys of the Gulf of California : ecology and conservation status / Jean-Luc E. Cartron [and others] -- Marine mammals of the Gulf of California : an overview of diversity and conservation status / Jorge Urbán R. -- A brief natural history of algae in the Gulf of California / Richard McCourt -- Ecological conservation in the Gulf of California / María de Los Ángeles Carvajal, Alejandro Robles, and Exequiel Ezcurra Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-330) and index Notes Print version record Subject Biodiversity -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of Wildlife conservation -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of Water -- Law and legislation -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of Natural history -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of SCIENCE -- General. Biodiversity Natural history Water -- Law and legislation Wildlife conservation Pacific Ocean -- Gulf of California Form Electronic book Author Brusca, Richard C., editor. ISBN 9780816502752 0816502757

  Permalink