Volume 1: Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities

著者名：Ramos, Jaime A. (EDT)/Pereira, Leonel (EDT)

CRC Press（2022/06/30発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367498283
• eISBN：9781000622843

Description

Seabirds are global travellers connecting oceans and seas all over the world, and facing multiple threats at local and global scales. Seabirds are long-lived top predators, reflecting changes at lower trophic levels, and are good models to assess ecological changes produced by human societies. Thus, world-wide collaborations are needed to understand seabird ecology and to develop effective conservation measures benefitting both humans and seabird populations.

This book provides a modern overview on seabird biodiversity studies: it begins by covering the most up-to-date techniques to study seabirds, and then focus on pragmatic issues related with interactions between seabirds and humans, the use of seabirds as ecological indicators and conservation of seabirds. It gives an updated insight on all these topics and highlights gaps that need further development for a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between seabirds and human actions.

This book covers the response of the seabird research community to a biodiversity crisis aiming to contribute towards environmental sustainability. It should provide inspiration to a wide range of professionals and students, including the much needed world-wide collaboration between research groups and practitioners. In this way seabird research and conservation provide an inspiration for the solution of global issues such as climate change.

Table of Contents

Part A: Techniques to Study Seabirds

1. An Introduction to Seabirds and Their Study

Marie Claire Gatt, José Pedro Granadeiro and Paulo Catry

2. Conventional and Modern Approaches to Study Seabird Trophic Ecology and Diet

Filipe R. Ceia, José C. Xavier, Ana R. Carreiro, Ivo dos Santos and Yves Cherel

3. A Physiological Toolbox to Explore the Relationships Between Seabirds and Their Changing Environments

Ana Cláudia Norte, Pedro Miguel M. Araújo and David Costantini

4. Tracking Seabirds for Conservation and Marine Spatial Planning

Jorge M. Pereira, Vitor H. Paiva, Lucas Krüger and Stephen C. Votier

Part B: Seabirds Interacting with Human Activities and Infrastructures

1. Seabird and Fisheries Interactions

Nuno Oliveira, Jaime A. Ramos, Joana Gomes Calado and José Manuel Arcos

2. Urban Gulls Living with Humans

Joana Pais de Faria, Catarina S. Lopes, Edward Kroc, Louise K. Blight and Ruedi G. Nager

3. Seabirds and Marine Renewable Energy Sources

Andrew J.P. Harwood and Sue King

4. Seabirds and Biotoxins

María Victoria M. Casero, Jaime A. Ramos and Leonel Pereira

Part C: Seabirds as Ecological Indicators

1. Seabirds as Indicators of Forage Fish Stocks

Jaime A. Ramos and Robert W. Furness

2. Seabirds as Indicators of Oceanographic Changes

Vitor H. Paiva

3. Seabirds as Indicators of Metal and Plastic Pollution

Catarina S. Lopes, Maria I. Laranjeiro, Jennifer L. Lavers, Annett Finger and Jennifer Provencher

4. Antarctic Seabirds as Indicators of Climate Change

José C. Xavier, Richard A. Phillips and Akinori Takahashi

Part D: Actions for Seabird Conservation

1. Light Pollution as a Seabirds’ Conservation Threat

Cátia S.A. Gouveia

2. Eradication and Control of Invasive Mammal Species as a Seabird Conservation Tool

Paulo Oliveira, Félix M. Medina, Manuel Nogales and Pedro Luís Geraldes

3. Identifying and Establishing Marine Protected Areas Worldwide: The Contribution of Seabird Data

Lucas Krüger