| Coastal Ocean Mammal and Bird Education and Research Surveys (BeachCOMBERS), 1997?2007: Ten years of monitoring beached marine birds and mammals in th Contributor(s): U. S. Department of Commerce (Author) |
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ISBN: 1495335054 ISBN-13: 9781495335051 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.78 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Mammals |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.42 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since May 1997, the volunteers of the Coastal Ocean Mammal and Bird Education and Research Surveys (BeachCOMBERS) have conducted systematic surveys in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The main goal of the program was to determine human and natural impacts to the Monterey Bay ecosystem. Marine birds and mammals are conspicuous top predators of the marine ecosystem, and the deposition of these dead organisms on beaches was used as an indicator of marine ecosystem health, including availability of prey resources, anthropogenic impacts, and natural die-offs. |