Ebook: Health of Antarctic Wildlife: A Challenge for Science and Policy
- Tags: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Nature Conservation, Animal Ecology, Zoology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book provides a broad assessment of the health of Antarctica’s birds and seals. It is set against the background of available scientific and environmental information and the political and administrative processes in place. 17 chapters are presented in two parts:
- Wildlife Disease consists of reviews, case studies and health assessments.
- External Factors covers the environmental, administrative and legal aspects.
The term health is used in its widest sense to encompass the normal state and those factors which detract from it including both infectious and non-infectious causes.
A must for veterinary and biological scientists, policy makers and administrators whose job it is to protect Antarctica’s wildlife against the introduction or spread of diseases by human activities.
This book provides a broad assessment of the health of Antarctica’s birds and seals. It is set against the background of available scientific and environmental information and the political and administrative processes in place. 17 chapters are presented in two parts:
- Wildlife Disease consists of reviews, case studies and health assessments.
- External Factors covers the environmental, administrative and legal aspects.
The term health is used in its widest sense to encompass the normal state and those factors which detract from it including both infectious and non-infectious causes.
A must for veterinary and biological scientists, policy makers and administrators whose job it is to protect Antarctica’s wildlife against the introduction or spread of diseases by human activities.
This book provides a broad assessment of the health of Antarctica’s birds and seals. It is set against the background of available scientific and environmental information and the political and administrative processes in place. 17 chapters are presented in two parts:
- Wildlife Disease consists of reviews, case studies and health assessments.
- External Factors covers the environmental, administrative and legal aspects.
The term health is used in its widest sense to encompass the normal state and those factors which detract from it including both infectious and non-infectious causes.
A must for veterinary and biological scientists, policy makers and administrators whose job it is to protect Antarctica’s wildlife against the introduction or spread of diseases by human activities.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Health of Antarctic Wildlife: An Introduction....Pages 1-10
Risk of Marine Mammal Die-Offs in the Southern Ocean....Pages 13-34
Diseases of Antarctic Seabirds....Pages 35-55
Diseases and Parasites of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Seals....Pages 57-93
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus and Antarctic Birds....Pages 95-105
An Unusual Mortality Event Among Adelie Penguins in the Vicinity of Mawson Station, Antarctica....Pages 107-112
Investigation of the 1998 Mass Mortality Event in New Zealand Sea Lions....Pages 113-121
Health Assessment of Weddell Seals, Leptonychotes weddellii, in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica....Pages 123-138
Health Assessment and Diseases of the Weddell seal, Leptonochotes weddelli, in Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica....Pages 139-166
Health Assessment of the Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica and NSW, Australia....Pages 167-192
Front Matter....Pages 194-194
Antarctic Climate, Weather and the Health of Antarctic Wildlife....Pages 195-209
National Antarctic Programs and Their Impact on the Environment....Pages 211-229
Antarctic Tourism: An Operator’s Perspective....Pages 231-240
Human-Mediated Impacts on the Health of Antarctic Wildlife....Pages 241-262
Measuring Stress in Antarctic Seals....Pages 263-270
Sewage Disposal and Wildlife Health in Antarctica....Pages 271-315
The International Legal Framework for Protecting the Health of Antarctic Wildlife....Pages 317-338
The Antarctic Treaty System and Wildlife Health: Disease Awareness, Prevention and Response....Pages 339-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-470
This book provides a broad assessment of the health of Antarctica’s birds and seals. It is set against the background of available scientific and environmental information and the political and administrative processes in place. 17 chapters are presented in two parts:
- Wildlife Disease consists of reviews, case studies and health assessments.
- External Factors covers the environmental, administrative and legal aspects.
The term health is used in its widest sense to encompass the normal state and those factors which detract from it including both infectious and non-infectious causes.
A must for veterinary and biological scientists, policy makers and administrators whose job it is to protect Antarctica’s wildlife against the introduction or spread of diseases by human activities.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Health of Antarctic Wildlife: An Introduction....Pages 1-10
Risk of Marine Mammal Die-Offs in the Southern Ocean....Pages 13-34
Diseases of Antarctic Seabirds....Pages 35-55
Diseases and Parasites of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Seals....Pages 57-93
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus and Antarctic Birds....Pages 95-105
An Unusual Mortality Event Among Adelie Penguins in the Vicinity of Mawson Station, Antarctica....Pages 107-112
Investigation of the 1998 Mass Mortality Event in New Zealand Sea Lions....Pages 113-121
Health Assessment of Weddell Seals, Leptonychotes weddellii, in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica....Pages 123-138
Health Assessment and Diseases of the Weddell seal, Leptonochotes weddelli, in Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica....Pages 139-166
Health Assessment of the Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica and NSW, Australia....Pages 167-192
Front Matter....Pages 194-194
Antarctic Climate, Weather and the Health of Antarctic Wildlife....Pages 195-209
National Antarctic Programs and Their Impact on the Environment....Pages 211-229
Antarctic Tourism: An Operator’s Perspective....Pages 231-240
Human-Mediated Impacts on the Health of Antarctic Wildlife....Pages 241-262
Measuring Stress in Antarctic Seals....Pages 263-270
Sewage Disposal and Wildlife Health in Antarctica....Pages 271-315
The International Legal Framework for Protecting the Health of Antarctic Wildlife....Pages 317-338
The Antarctic Treaty System and Wildlife Health: Disease Awareness, Prevention and Response....Pages 339-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-470
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