Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Maritime Activities in Glacier Bay, Alaska
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Marine Mammals and Noise
Author: W. John RichardsonPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0080573037
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
Many marine mammals communicate by emitting sounds that pass through water. Such sounds can be received across great distances and can influence the behavior of these undersea creatures. In the past few decades, the oceans have become increasingly noisy, as underwater sounds from propellers, sonars, and other human activities make it difficult for marine mammals to communicate. This book discusses, among many other topics, just how well marine mammals hear, how noisy the oceans have become, and what effects these new sounds have on marine mammals. The baseline of ambient noise, the sounds produced by machines and mammals, the sensitivity of marine mammal hearing, and the reactions of marine mammals are also examined. An essential addition to any marine biologist's library, Marine Mammals and Noise will be especially appealing to marine mammalogists, researchers, policy makers and regulators, and marine biologists and oceanographers using sound in their research.
Effects of Noise on Marine Mammals
Author: William John RichardsonPublisher:
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Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Bibliography of Research and Exploration of Glacier Bay, Alaska, 1798 to 1983
Author: Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Glacier Bay National Park (N.P.) and Preserve, Vessel Quotas and Operating Requirements
Author: Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
Author: United States. Minerals Management ServicePublisher:
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Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Marine Mammals
Author: Peter G.H. EvansPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461505291
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
Interest in marine mammals has increased dramatically in the last few decades, as evidenced by the number of books, scientific papers, and conferences devoted to these animals. Nowadays, a conference on marine mammals can attract between one and two thousand scientists from around the world. This upsurge of interest has resulted in a body of knowledge which, in many cases, has identified major conservation problems facing particular species. At the same time, this knowledge and the associated activities of environmental organisations have served to introduce marine mammals to a receptive public, to the extent that they are now perceived by many as the living icons of biodiversity conservation. Much of the impetus for the current interest in marine mammal conservation comes from "Save the Whale" campaigns started in the 1960s by environmental groups around the world, in response to declining whale populations after over-exploitation by humans. This public pressure led to an international moratorium on whaling recommended in 1972 by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, and eventually adopted by the International Whaling Commission ten years later. This moratorium largely holds sway to this day, and further protective measures have included the delimitation of extensive areas of the Indian Ocean (1979) and Southern Ocean (1994) as whale sanctuaries.
A Resonant Ecology
Author: Max RittsPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478059885
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
In A Resonant Ecology, Max Ritts traces how sound’s integration into the environmental politics of Canada’s North Coast has paved the way for massive industrial expansion. While conservationists hope that the dissemination of whale songs and other nature sounds will showcase the beauty of local wildlife for people around the world, Ritts reveals how colonial capitalism can co-opt sonic efforts to protect the coast. He demonstrates how digital technologies allow industry to sonically map new shipping lanes and facilitate new ways of experiencing sound—premised not on listening, but on sound’s exploitable status as a data resource. By outlining how sound can both perpetuate and refuse capitalist colonialism, Ritts challenges the idea that the sonic realm is inherently liberatory and reveals sound to be a powerfully uncertain object. Through a situated geographical approach, he makes the case that only a decolonial and multigenerational environmental politics can counter the false promise of “sustainable marine development” held up by industry and the state.
Before-After Control-Impact (BACI) Studies in the Ocean
Author: Edward UrbanPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889719480
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description