Health of Antarctic Wildlife : A Challenge for Science and Policy /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kerry, Knowles R. (Editor ), Riddle, Martin. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Wildlife disease - reviews, case studies and health assessments
  • Health of Antarctic Wildlife: An Introduction
  • Risk of Marine Mammal Die-Offs in the Southern Ocean
  • Diseases of Antarctic Seabirds
  • Diseases and Parasites of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Seals
  • Infectious Bursal Disease Virus and Antarctic Birds
  • An Unusual Mortality Event Among Adélie Penguins in the Vicinity of Mawson Station, Antarctica
  • Investigation of the 1998 Mass Mortality Event in New Zealand Sea Lions
  • Health Assessment of Weddell Seals, Leptonychotes weddellii, in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
  • Health Assessment and Diseases of the Weddell seal, Leptonochotes weddelli, in Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica
  • Health Assessment of the Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica and NSW, Australia
  • External factors - environmental, administrative and legal
  • Antarctic Climate, Weather and the Health of Antarctic Wildlife
  • National Antarctic Programs and Their Impact on the Environment
  • Antarctic Tourism: An Operator’s Perspective
  • Human-Mediated Impacts on the Health of Antarctic Wildlife
  • Measuring Stress in Antarctic Seals
  • Sewage Disposal and Wildlife Health in Antarctica
  • The International Legal Framework for Protecting the Health of Antarctic Wildlife
  • The Antarctic Treaty System and Wildlife Health: Disease Awareness, Prevention and Response.