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Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science is the most up-to-date
reference work for system based coastal and estuarine ecosystem
science and management. It addresses the big issues facing the
estuaries and coastal zone; in particular how to best use multi-
and inter-disciplinary science to ensure the sustainability of the
environment. It focusses on the need to protect and maintain the
natural functioning of the estuaries and coasts worldwide while
delivering the ecosystem services from which society extract goods
and benefits.Structured chapters, written by leaders in the field,
include reference lists and additional reading, copious diagrams,
case-studies, and especially provide synthesis diagrams and
conceptual models of complex issues. The Treatise covers both the
natural and social sciences, serving a wide audience which ranges
from undergraduate students to established researchers and
practitioners.The work avoids autecological studies but focusses on
inter-linked physical-chemical-biological-ecosystem processes and
associated socio-economic issues in the coastal zone. It examines
estuaries and coasts, and their interactions and feedbacks with
humanity, from the inland catchment/river basin to the ocean
shelf.The new edition builds on and expands the previous version
with significant updates and a whole new section on Climate Change
and Coastal Ecosystems, covering the resistance and resilience of
the estuaries, coasts and other transitional habitats to climate
change, thereby determining changes and responses needed over the
coming decades.
It is critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically
tracked by indicators that not only give an accurate picture of
human life today but also provide a window into the future for all
of us. This book presents impactful findings from international
longitudinal studies that respond to the United Nations' Agenda
2030 commitment to "leave no-one behind". Contributors explore a
wide range and complexity of pressing global issues, with emphasis
given to excluded and vulnerable populations and gender inequality.
Importantly, it sets out actionable strategies for policymakers and
practitioners to help strengthen the global Sustainable Development
Goals framework, accelerate their implementation and improve the
construction of effective public policy.
First published in 1963, "Advances in Parasitology" contains
comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in
contemporary parasitology.
"Advances in Parasitology" includes medical studies on parasites of
major influence, such as "Plasmodium falciparum" and trypanosomes.
The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as
zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking
and applications.
Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various
topics, including control of human parasitic diseases and global
mapping of infectious diseases. The 2010 impact factor is1.683.
* Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the
field * Contributions from leading authorities and industry
experts
Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and
environmental ethics, J. Baird Callicott counters the narrative of
blame and despair that prevails in contemporary discussions of
climate ethics and offers a fresh, more optimistic approach.
Whereas other environmental ethicists limit themselves to what
Callicott calls Rational Individualism in discussing the problem of
climate change only to conclude that, essentially, there is little
hope that anything will be done in the face of its "perfect moral
storm" (in Stephen Gardiner's words), Callicott refuses to accept
this view. Instead, he encourages us to look to the Earth itself,
and consider the crisis on grander spatial and temporal scales, as
we have failed to in the past. Callicott supports this theory by
exploring and enhancing Aldo Leopold's faint sketch of an Earth
ethic in "Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest," a
seldom-studied text from the early days of environmental ethics
that was written in 1923 but not published until 1979 after the
environmental movement gathered strength.
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Vampire Dog (DVD)
Norm Macdonald, Collin MacKechnie, Julia Sarah Stone, Amy Matysio, Ron Pedersen, …
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Family friendly canine comedy featuring the voice of Norm Macdonald
as Fang. Ace (Collin MacKechnie) is given his deceased
grandfather's dog to look after but he soon finds out it has more
bite than he expected... this dog's a vampire! When Dr. Warhol (Amy
Matysio) and her assistant Frank (Ron Pedersen) hear about the
vampire dog they intend on capturing him to use his DNA in order to
develop an anti-aging formula. Luckily for Fang and Ace, together
they are unstoppable, managing to avoid their adversaries and along
the way discover an unlikely bond.
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