Yo y otros animales

Una guía para conocer las especies que habitan en el Parque Nacional de Doñana y su entorno, en el suroeste de la península Ibérica. 150 fichas con fotografías exclusivas realizadas por los autores del libro, con datos y características de las especies, nombres científicos y vernáculos. Un libro fundamental para la observación de la avifauna de un territorio privilegiado, considerado como el de mayor biodiversidad del sur de Europa. Humedales, bosques, playas y marismas. Un paraíso habitado por aves procedentes de Europa y África. Un espacio de 543 kilómetros cuadrados para la...

A reference work to the design and construction of water treatment plants. This edition incorporates current EPA standards and developments in the field. New chapters place more emphasis on design, planning, assembly, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of treatment plant facilities.

These guidelines were developed through a participatory process involving fisheries experts and managers from governments, the fishing industry, academia and non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations. They provide management guidance on factors ranging from an appropriate regulatory framework to the elements of good data collection programmes, as well as identifying key considerations and measures necessary for ensuring the conservation of target and non-target species.

A journalist “convincingly spells out the threats to their survival, their misery in captivity, and what scientists can learn by studying them” (Kirkus). The orca—otherwise known as the killer whale—is one of earth’s most intelligent animals. Remarkably sophisticated, orcas have languages and cultures and even long-term memories, and their capacity for echolocation is nothing short of a sixth sense. They are also benign and gentle, which makes the story of the captive-orca industry—and the endangerment of their population in Puget Sound—that much more damning. In Of Orcas and...