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Ecology and Conservation of Pinnipeds in Latin America

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Editors:
  1. Gisela Heckel

    1. Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico

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  2. Yolanda Schramm

    1. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico

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  • Focuses on single-species ecology and conservation in Latin America, and combines thorough literature reviews with new information not previously published
  • Written by highly experienced experts on each pinniped species
  • Addresses key ecology topics (e.g. population dynamics, trophic ecology, reproduction, and behavior) and conservation issues (regarding e.g. climate change, interaction with fisheries, ecotourism, and other human activities)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Pinnipeds in Latin America

    • Gisela Heckel, Yolanda Schramm
    Pages 1-12

  3. South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis, Zimmerman 1783)

    • Enrique Alberto Crespo, Larissa Rosa de Oliveira
    Pages 13-29

  4. Galápagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis, Heller 1904)

    • Fritz Trillmich
    Pages 31-50

  5. Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella, Peters 1875)

    • Jaume Forcada
    Pages 51-76

  6. Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi, Brunner 2004)

    • Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, Tenaya Norris, Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse, Casandra Gálvez, María José Amador-Capitanachi, Mara Landa-Garza
    Pages 77-92

  7. South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens, Shaw 1800)

    • Enrique Alberto Crespo, Larissa Rosa de Oliveira, Maritza Sepúlveda
    Pages 93-118

  8. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus, Lesson 1828)

    • Claudia J. Hernández-Camacho, Lili Pelayo-González, Martha P. Rosas-Hernández
    Pages 119-143

  9. Galápagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki, Sivertsen 1953)

    • Oliver Krüger, Stephanie Kalberer, Kristine Meise, Jonas Schwarz, Eugene DeRango, Paolo Piedrahita et al.
    Pages 145-163

  10. Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina, Linnaeus 1758)

    • Mirtha Lewis, Elena Eder
    Pages 165-190

  11. Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris, Gill 1866)

    • María C. García-Aguilar
    Pages 191-208

  12. Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardii, Gray 1864)

    • Yolanda Schramm, Gisela Heckel
    Pages 209-231

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 233-236
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Keywords

About this book

Pinnipeds are marine mammals that include eared seals, true seals, and walruses. This book presents detailed reviews on the ecology and conservation of 10 pinniped species along the coasts and islands in Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Topics covered include their population dynamics, trophic ecology, reproduction, and behavior. In addition, the book addresses major conservation issues regarding climate change, interaction with fisheries, ecotourism, and other human activities.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico

    Gisela Heckel

  • Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico

    Yolanda Schramm

About the editors

Dr. Gisela Heckel studied Biology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and received her MSc and PhD in Coastal Oceanography from the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico. Her main research focuses are on ecology, conservation biology and natural resource management for marine mammals in connection with human activities. Beyond her academic career, since 1997, Dr. Heckel has also been involved in marine mammal stranding response in Baja California, which deals mostly with California sea lions and other pinnipeds. Since 2008, she has collaborated in research projects on the four pinniped species that occur along the coast and islands west of the Baja California peninsula. She is a former vice-president of the Mexican Marine Mammalogy Society, and later served as president (from 2006 to 2008). Since 2003 she has been a Professor at the Conservation Biology Department, Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Graduate Education in Baja California, Mexico. 

Dr. Yolanda Schramm studied Biology at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and completed her MSc and PhD degrees at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico, where she is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Marine Sciences. Her research fields are molecular ecology and marine mammalogy, and she is especially interested in the ecology of marine populations with regard to conservation issues. She has more than 20 years of experience in research on the ecology and conservation of pinnipeds (sea lions and seals). Therefore, her projects have been mostly carried out along the coast and islands west of the Baja California Peninsula. She has also published extensively on these topics.

 



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