The Exploited Seas: New Directions for Marine Environmental History (Research in Maritime History #21)

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Synopsis
The book combines the approaches of maritime history and ecological science to explore the evolution of life-forms and eco-systems in the ocean from a historical perspective, in order to establish and develop the sub-discipline of marine environmental history. Documentary records relating to the human activity, such as fishing, plus naturally occurring paleo-ecological data are analysed in order to determine the structure and function of exploited ecosystems. The book is divided into four chapter groups, the first concerned with Newfoundland and Grand Banks’ fisheries, the second with the potential of historical sources to provide a history of marine animal populations, the third explores the development of fisheries in the southern hemisphere during the twentieth century, and the final section explores the limitations of data and existing analysis of whale populations. The epilogue reiterates the suggestion that collaboration between historians and biologists is the key to furthering the sub-discipline.
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Book Quality:
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Book Size:
216 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781786949134
Related ISBNs:
9780973007312
Publisher:
Liverpool University Press
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Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Technology, Earth Sciences
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Edited by:
Poul Holm
Edited by:
Tim D. Smith
Edited by:
Professor David J. Starkey

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