Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.12.004 |
Ecology, conservation and human history of marine mammals in the Gulf of California and Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico | |
Arellano-Peralta, Veronica A.1,2; Medrano-Gonzalez, Luis1 | |
通讯作者 | Medrano-Gonzalez, Luis |
来源期刊 | OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0964-5691 |
EISSN | 1873-524X |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 104页码:90-105 |
英文摘要 | In total, 43 marine mammal species, eight of which are threatened, inhabit the Gulf of California and Pacific coast of Baja California. The unique attributes of marine mammal fauna such as species richness, risk condition, energy consumption and calving in this region are historically and geographically important. Marine mammals in the Baja California seas have been hunted for the past 10,000 years and they are also currently subject to severe anthropogenic impacts. Commercial hunting started in the late 18th century and some populations declined until the 1970s. Anthropogenic impacts on marine mammals diversified during the 20th century, with fisheries and pollution now being their greatest threats. Currently, the coasts surrounding Baja California seas are home to 3.06% of Mexican people and 1.77% live in relation with maritime activities. This is a relatively small population that has been growing since the Spanish conquest in the 16th century together with decimation of the regional indigenous populations. The scarce people around Baja California seas have important contributions to Mexican economy and marine disturbance, mostly because the arid environments of northwestern Mexico have historically encouraged marine fisheries as the major intake of natural living resources in the region. Therefore, the region’s environmental problems do not stem from an overpopulation requiring ecosystem services, with the exception that exhaustion of the underground aquifers is of great concern, but from historical Problems related with social and economic development. Conservation of marine mammals in the Baja California seas may be helpful to geographically and socially integrate human development and ecosystem protection, to address current problems of illegality, sectorial conflicts and partiality in conservation actions as well as to monitor the modifications and functionality of the marine ecosystem. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Anthropogenic impacts Fisheries Demography Ethnic groups Marine conservation Macroecology |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Mexico |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000348083600009 |
WOS关键词 | OTTERS ENHYDRA-LUTRIS ; COLORADO RIVER DELTA ; ESCHRICHTIUS-ROBUSTUS ; INFECTIOUS-DISEASES ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; IMPACT ; ENVIRONMENT ; DIVERSITY ; MERCURY ; TISSUES |
WOS类目 | Oceanography ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Oceanography ; Water Resources |
来源机构 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/189392 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Biol Evolut, Fac Ciencias, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico; 2.Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Arellano-Peralta, Veronica A.,Medrano-Gonzalez, Luis. Ecology, conservation and human history of marine mammals in the Gulf of California and Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico[J]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,2015,104:90-105. |
APA | Arellano-Peralta, Veronica A.,&Medrano-Gonzalez, Luis.(2015).Ecology, conservation and human history of marine mammals in the Gulf of California and Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico.OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT,104,90-105. |
MLA | Arellano-Peralta, Veronica A.,et al."Ecology, conservation and human history of marine mammals in the Gulf of California and Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico".OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 104(2015):90-105. |
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