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Cryptofauna

Author : Patrick Canning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Cryptofauna written by Patrick Canning and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim, a young janitor working at an insane asylum in Idaho, is about to commit suicide when he's rudely interrupted by a strange resident who recruits him to play a game called Cryptofauna. The next thing Jim knows, he's being whisked off to an absurd competition of worldwide mischief and meddling, where he meets a handful of lifelong friends, and an absolute boatload of deadly enemies.The bizarre game of Cryptofauna might actually help the blue custodian discover a reason to live, assuming, of course, he survives long enough to figure it out..."If Alice and Wonderland and The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy had a love child, it'd be Cryptofauna. This fantasy novel creates an acid dream of lovable characters, tense twists, and a storyworld unlike any I've experienced. [...] it's a beautiful story, funny at times, ridiculous in the best possible way, intense and action packed." - Nico Bell Writes"...a very readable fast-paced adventure packed with fantastic and ridiculous invention." - Ingenious Cat"...one of the strangest, most intriguing things I've ever read." - Songs Wrote my Story"Cryptofauna is fantastically strange, it's so funny and I found myself laughing out loud multiple times. But it's also deep and poignant and [the] attention to detail is superb." - Rae's Reading Lounge

The Gulf of California

Author : Richard C. Brusca
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816527397
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The Gulf of California written by Richard C. Brusca and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few places in the world can claim such a diversity of species as the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), with its 6,000 recorded animal species estimated to be half the number actually living in its waters. So rich are the Gulf's water that over a half-million tons of seafood are taken from them annuallyÑand this figure does not count the wasted by-catch, which would triple or quadruple that tonnage. This timely book provides a benchmark for understanding the Gulf's extraordinary diversity, how it is threatened, and in what ways it isÑor should beÑprotected. In spite of its dazzling richness, most of the Gulf's coastline now harbors but a pale shadow of the diversity that existed just a half-century ago. Recommendations based on sound, careful science must guide Mexico in moving forward to protect the Gulf of California. This edited volume contains contributions by twenty-four Gulf of California experts, from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. From the origins of the Gulf to its physical and chemical characteristics, from urgently needed conservation alternatives for fisheries and the entire Gulf ecosystem to information about its invertebrates, fishes, cetaceans, and sea turtles, this thought-provoking book provides new insights and clear paths to achieve sustainable use solidly based on robust science. The interdisciplinary, international cooperation involved in creating this much-needed collection provides a model for achieving success in answering critically important questions about a precious but rapidly disappearing ecological treasure.

International Wildlife Encyclopedia

Author : Maurice Burton
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761472704
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book International Wildlife Encyclopedia written by Maurice Burton and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2002 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This twenty-two volume set presents the appearance and behavior of thousands of species of animals along with species population and prospects for survival in a arranged alphabetically and easy-to-read format.

Scientific Information Transfer: The Editor’s Role

Author : M. Balaban
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400998635
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Information Transfer: The Editor’s Role written by M. Balaban and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was Faraday who in 1821 said that there are three necessary stages of useful research. The first to begin it, the second to· end it, and the third 1 to publish it. There has since indeed been so much research and publication that we have become increasingly alarmed by the galloping proliferation of scientific information produced in relation to the user's ability to retrieve and consume it effectively, conveniently and creatively. In 1948, to deal with this concern, the Royal Society Scientific Infor 1 mation Conference held in London spanned the whole realm of scientific in formation. Sir Robert Robinson, President of the Royal Society, in his open ing address noted that "the study of scientific information services in all its ramifications has enormous scope", and the London conference dealt with scientific publication, format, editorial policy, subject grouping, organiza tion, abstracting, reviews, classification, indexing and training of infor mation officers. It was about this time that information science began to develop more on the retrieval end, so it seems logical that the first editors' group founded in 1949 was ICSU AB, the International Council of Scientific Unions Abstract ing Board. In 1958 the National Academy of Sciences International Conference of 2 Scientific Information in Washington limited its interests and expanded on the later phases of the life cycle of information - storage and retrieval.

International Review of General and Experimental Zoology

Author : William J. L. Felts
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483218430
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book International Review of General and Experimental Zoology written by William J. L. Felts and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Review of General and Experimental Zoology, Volume 4 discusses the epibranchial organs in lower teleostean fishes, an example of structural adaptation; the aging and regression in the colonial marine hydroid Campanularia flexuosa, with special reference to senescence in hydroids; and the structure and characteristics of avian egg shells. The text also describes tissue mast cell and wound healing; the quantitative aspects of neurohistology; and the concept of the rods and cones approach. The strong relationships between the feeding behavior of marine organisms and biological conditions expressed in evolutionary terms are also considered. Zoologists, physiologists, biochemists, and people involved in the study of fish and wildlife services will find the book invaluable.

Biodiversity II

Author : A Joseph Henry Press book
Publisher : Joseph Henry Press
ISBN 13 : 0309176565
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Biodiversity II written by A Joseph Henry Press book and published by Joseph Henry Press. This book was released on 1996-09-16 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book before you...carries the urgent warning that we are rapidly altering and destroying the environments that have fostered the diversity of life forms for more than a billion years." With those words, Edward O. Wilson opened the landmark volume Biodiversity (National Academy Press, 1988). Despite this and other such alarms, species continue to vanish at a rapid rate, taking with them their genetic legacy and potential benefits. Many disappear before they can even be identified. Biodiversity II is a renewed call for urgency. This volume updates readers on how much we already know and how much remains to be identified scientifically. It explores new strategies for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity, including: New approaches to the integration of electronic data, including a proposal for a U.S. National Biodiversity Information Center. Application of techniques developed in the human genome project to species identification and classification. The Gap Analysis Program of the National Biological Survey, which uses layered satellite, climatic, and biological data to assess distribution and better manage biodiversity. The significant contribution of museum collections to identifying and categorizing species, which is essential for understanding ecological function and for targeting organisms and regions at risk. The book describes our growing understanding of how megacenters of diversity (e.g., rainforest insects, coral reefs) are formed, maintained, and lost; what can be learned from mounting bird extinctions; and how conservation efforts for neotropical primates have fared. It also explores ecosystem restoration, sustainable development, and agricultural impact. Biodiversity II reinforces the idea that the conservation of our biological resources is within reach as long as we pool resources; better coordinate the efforts of existing institutionsâ€"museums, universities, and government agenciesâ€"already dedicated to this goal; and enhance support for research, collections, and training. This volume will be important to environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, educators, students, and concerned individuals.

Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Marine Sciences

Author : James Willard Nybakken
Publisher : Grolier, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Marine Sciences written by James Willard Nybakken and published by Grolier, Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents articles on oceanography, including biological, geographic and chemical processes, significant people, history and marine technology.

E-Infrastructures for Data Publishing in Biodiversity Science

Author : Vincent Smith
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN 13 : 9546426199
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (464 download)

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Book Synopsis E-Infrastructures for Data Publishing in Biodiversity Science by : Vincent Smith

Download or read book E-Infrastructures for Data Publishing in Biodiversity Science written by Vincent Smith and published by PenSoft Publishers LTD. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles, developed in association with the EU funded ViBRANT project, illustrates how advances to research infrastructures are reciprocally changing the practice of taxonomy. A detailed review of data issues in the life sciences (Thessen and Patterson 2011) sets the tone for subsequent articles in this special issue, whose contributions broadly fall into three categories. Theÿ initial articles consider some of the major infrastructure platforms that support the production and management of biodiversity data. These include the EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy, Wiki-based approaches including BioWikiFarm and the Scratchpads Virtual Research Environment. Later articles provide deeper coverage of specialist areas of interest to taxonomic and biodiversity researchers. The topics covered include the mark-up (Penev et al. 2011) and management (King et al. 2011) of taxonomic literature, geospatial assessment of species distributions (Bachman et al. 2011) and licensing issues specific to life science data (Hagedorn et al. 2011). Finally, the special issue closes with a series of research and review papers that provide detailed use cases illustrating how these research infrastructures are being put into practice. Highlights from this section include citizen science approaches to collecting species information by the COMBER Marine observation network (Arvanitidis et al. 2011) and the Australian Bush Blitz programme (Lambkin and Bartlett 2011); use of new tools for data publishing like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) and the DRYAD Data Repository; new forms of publication via ?data papers? that allow checklists and identification keys to be formally published as structured datasets (e.g., Narwade et al. 2011); and finally new taxonomic revisions and species descriptions constructed from within the collaborative systems like XPER2 and Scratchpads.

Atlas of Coastal Ecosystems in the Western Gulf of California

Author : Markes E. Johnson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816525300
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Coastal Ecosystems in the Western Gulf of California written by Markes E. Johnson and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gulf of California is one of the most beautiful places in the world, but it is also important to earth and marine scientists who work far beyond the area. In text and an accompanying CD-ROM with stunning satellite images, this atlas captures the dynamics of natural cycles in the fertility of the Gulf of California that have been in near-continuous operation for more than five million years. The book is designed to answer key questions that link the health of coastal ecosystems with the regionÕs evolutionary history: What was the richness of ÒfossilÓ ecosystems in the Gulf of California? How has it changed over time? Which ecosystems are most amenable to conservation? With an emphasis on the intricate workings of the Gulf, a team of scientists led by Markes E. Johnson and Jorge Ledesma-V‡zquez explores how marine invertebrates such as corals and bivalves, as well as certain algae, contribute to the operation of a vast Òorganic engineÓ that acts as a significant carbon trap. The Atlas reveals that the role of these organisms in the ecology of the Gulf was greatly underestimated in the past. The organisms that live in these environments (or provide the sediments for beaches and dunes) are mass producers of calcium carbonate. Until now, no book has considered the centrality of calcium carbonate production as it functions today across multiple ecosystems and how it has evolved over time. An important work of scholarship that also evokes the regionÕs natural splendor, the Atlas will be of interest to a wide range of scientists, including geologists, paleontologists, marine biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists.

Marine Research in Indonesia

Author : Lembaga Oseanologi Nasional (Indonesia)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Marine Research in Indonesia written by Lembaga Oseanologi Nasional (Indonesia) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biological Effects of Pollutants

Author : Brian Leicester Bayne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Biological Effects of Pollutants written by Brian Leicester Bayne and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Atoll Research Bulletin

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Atoll Research Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-08 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coral reef research methods

Author : Shashank Keshavmurthy
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 283250888X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Coral reef research methods written by Shashank Keshavmurthy and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Author : Peter W. Glynn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401774994
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific written by Peter W. Glynn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents and examines the state of health of coral reefs in the eastern tropical Pacific region. It touches on the occurrence of coral reefs in the waters of surrounding countries, and it explores their biogeography, biodiversity and condition relative to the El Niño southern oscillation and human impacts. Additionally contained within is a field that presents information on many of the species presented in the preceding chapters.

Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Role of Science and Technology for Sustainable Future

Author : Ranbir Chander Sobti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819707102
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Role of Science and Technology for Sustainable Future written by Ranbir Chander Sobti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings: Biology

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings: Biology written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: