Baltic Coastal Ecosystems
Baltic Coastal Ecosystems

Author: Gerald Schernewski

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2002-05-13

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9783540429371

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The Baltic Sea and its coastal zones have been intensively utilised for centuries. Settlements, industry, fisheries and trade are still concentrated in the coastal zones. Concurrently, the coast is a web of sensitive and highly valuable ecosystems which suffer from ongoing degradation. Increasing demands and pressures on coastal ecosystems require integrated coastal zone management. This book reflects the current state and problems of coastal ecosystems in the entire Baltic region, highlighting obstacles and future solutions for integrated management.

Genome Mapping and Genomics in Fishes and Aquatic Animals
Genome Mapping and Genomics in Fishes and Aquatic Animals

Author: Thomas D. Kocher

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-06-07

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 3540738371

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Mapping of animal genomes has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are useful to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny. Genetic and physical maps of genomes further provide precise details on chromosomal location, function, expression and regulation of academically and economically important genes. The series Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals provides comprehensive and up-to-date reviews on genomic research on a large variety of selected animal systems, contributed by leading scientists from around the world. This volume summarizes the first era of genomic studies of aquaculture species, in which the tools and resources necessary to support whole-genome sequencing were developed. These tools will enhance efforts toward selective breeding of aquaculture species. Included in this volume are summaries of work on salmonids, cyprinids, catfish, tilapias, European sea bass, Japanese flounder, shrimps and oysters.

Resource Depression and Intensification During the Late Holocene, San Francisco Bay
Resource Depression and Intensification During the Late Holocene, San Francisco Bay

Author: Jack M. Broughton

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999-07-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780520915916

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The Emeryville Shellmound, on the east shore of San Francisco Bay, was excavated and subsequently destroyed in the early twentieth century. From its stratified deposits, which span the period 2600 to 700 years ago, the author identified 2,004 fish and 15,893 mammal specimens, and analyzed these and 2,302 avian remains previously identified by Hildegarde Howard in the 1920s. A battery of independent tests derived from foraging theory supports the conclusion that human-induced impacts on vertebrate populations caused declines in the efficiency of foraging across the time that the Emeryville locality was occupied.

Fish Protection Technologies and Fish Ways for Downstream Migration
Fish Protection Technologies and Fish Ways for Downstream Migration

Author: Ulrich Schwevers

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-06-24

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 3030192423

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This book offers a comprehensive review of current systems for fish protection and downstream migration. It offers the first systematic description of the currently available technologies for fish protection at hydropower intakes, including accurate and timely data collected by the authors and other researchers. It describes how to design and test them in agreement with the guidelines established from the EU Water Framework Directive. The book includes important information about fish biology, with a special focus on swimming and migration mechanisms. It offers a robust bridge between concepts in applied ecology and civil hydraulic engineering, thus providing biologists and hydraulic engineers with an authoritative reference guide to both the theory and practice of fish protection. It is also of interest for planners, public authorities as well as environmental consultants