Greetings all, please check out our new edited volume entitled:
Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries
http://www.amazon.com/Sirenian-Conservation-Strategies-Developing-Countries/dp/0813037611
and please review it on Amazon! Thanks, Ellen
This important scientific volume comprehensively explores the biology and ecological status of manatees and dugongs in all of the geographic regions where they can be found today, from the Caribbean
to Eastern Africa, from Arabia to the Amazon, and from Japan through the South Pacific to Australia.
Many of these dwindling populations are situated in developing countries--locales that have previously received little attention in the scientific literature.
In these areas, people occupying rivers or coastlines still capture sirenians for food and other uses (oil, bones for carving, leather). In addition, disruption, erosion, or complete loss of sirenian habitat occurs because of
dredge and fill, coastal run-off, chemical pollution, and damage from boat propellers.
Sirenian Conservation features contributions from an international group of scientists who are working
to address the many challenges to manatee and dugong food supply, environment, reproduction, and survival. They share stories of programs that rescue, rehabilitate, release, and monitor these animals; offer reports on practical, replicable, and cost-effective
management techniques; and summarize current research strategies.
Ellen Hines, PhD
Professor
Marine & Coastal Conservation and Spatial Planning Lab
Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132 USA
1 415 338 1482
Fax: 1 415 338 6243
gis.sfsu.edu/coastal