GAO Documents

GAO Documents

Author: United States. General Accounting Office

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 916

ISBN-13:

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Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.


Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources

Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 727

ISBN-13: 0788101919

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Describes the individual capabilities of each of 1,900 unique resources in the federal laboratory system, and provides the name and phone number of each contact. Includes government laboratories, research centers, testing facilities, and special technology information centers. Also includes a list of all federal laboratory technology transfer offices. Organized into 72 subject areas. Detailed indices.


Marine Mammals Ashore

Marine Mammals Ashore

Author: Joseph R. Geraci

Publisher: National Aquarium in Baltimore

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0977460908

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Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.


Marine Mammal Welfare

Marine Mammal Welfare

Author: Andy Butterworth

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-06-19

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 3319469940

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Marine mammals attract human interest – sometimes this interest is benign or positive – whale watching, conservation programmes for whales, seals, otters, and efforts to clear beaches of marine debris are seen as proactive steps to support these animals. However, there are many forces operating to affect adversely the lives of whales, seals, manatees, otters and polar bears – and this book explores how the welfare of marine mammals has been affected and how they have adapted, moved, responded and sometimes suffered as a result of the changing marine and human world around them. Marine mammal welfare addresses the welfare effects of marine debris, of human traffic in the oceans, of noise, of hunting, of whale watching and tourism, and of some of the less obvious impacts on marine mammals – on their social structures, on their behaviours and migration, and also of the effects on captivity for animals kept in zoos and aquaria. There is much to think and talk about – how marine mammals respond in a world dramatically influenced by man, how are their social structures affected and how is their welfare impacted?