Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals [Elektronisk resurs] / [edited by] William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig and J.G.M. Thewissen.
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Würsig, Bernd G. (redaktör/utgivare)
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Perrin, W. F. (redaktör/utgivare)
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Thewissen, J. G. M. (redaktör/utgivare)
- 2nd ed.
- Publicerad: Burlington : Academic Press, 2008
- Engelska elektronisk resurs (xxxiv, 1316 s.
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http://www.sciencedi... (Table of contents)
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- Abundance Estimation -- Aerial Behavior -- Age Estimation -- Aggressive Behavior, Intraspecific -- Albinism -- Amazon River Dolphin or Boto -- Ambergris -- Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazelle -- Antarctic Marine Mammals -- Archaeocetes, Archaic -- Arctic Marine Mammals -- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis -- Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828) -- Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea -- Australian Snubfin Dolphin Orcaella heinsohni -- Azorean Whaling -- Baculum -- Baiji Lipotes vexillifer -- Balance -- Baleen -- Baleen Whales Mysticetes -- Barnacles -- Basilosaurids -- Beaked Whales, Overview Ziphiidae -- Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus -- Behavior, Overview -- Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas -- Biogeography -- Blubber -- Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus -- Bones and Teeth, Histology of -- Bottlenose Whales Hyperoodon ampullatus and H. planifrons -- Bowhead WhaleBalaena mysticetus -- Bow-riding -- Brain -- Brain Size Evolution -- Breathing -- Breeding Sites -- Bryde's Whales Balaenoptera edeni/brydei -- Burmeister's Porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis -- Bycatch.
- California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions -- Callosities -- Captive Breeding -- Captivity -- Caspian and Baikal Seals -- The Cephalorhynchus Dolphins -- Cetacean Ecology -- Cetacean Evolution -- Cetacean Fossil Record -- Cetacean Life-History -- Cetacean Prenatal Development -- Circulatory System -- Classification -- Climate Change -- Clymene Dolphin Stenella clymene -- Coloration -- Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus -- Common Dolphins Delphinus delphis and D. capensis -- Communication in Marine Mammals -- Competition with Fisheries -- Conservation Efforts --Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga -- Culture in Whales and Dolphins -- Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris -- Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli -- Delphinids, Overview -- Dental Morphology, Evolution of -- Desmostylia -- Dialects -- Diet -- Distribution -- Diving Behavior -- Diving Physiology -- Dugong Dugong dugon -- Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscures.
- Eared Seals Otariidae -- Earless Seals Phocidae -- Echolocation -- Ecological Effects -- Ecology, Overview -- Elephant Seals Mirounga angustirostris and M. leonina -- Endangered Species and Populations -- Endocrine Systems -- Energetics -- Entrapment and Entanglement -- Estrus and Estrous Behavior -- Ethics and Marine Mammals -- Extinctions, Specific -- False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens -- Feeding Morphology -- Feeding Strategy and Tactics -- Female Reproductive System -- Filter Feeding -- Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus -- Finless Porpoise -- Fisheries, Interference with -- Fishing Industry, Effects of -- Folklore and Legends -- Forelimb Anatomy -- Forensic GeneticsC. -- Fossil Sites -- Franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei -- Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei -- Gastrointestinal Tract -- Genetics for Management -- Genetics, Overview -- Geographic Variation -- Giant Beaked Whales Berardius bairdii and B. arnuxii -- Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus -- Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus -- Group Behavior.
- Habitat Pressure -- Habitat Use -- Hair and Fur -- Harbor Porpoise -- Harbor Seal and Spotted Seal Phoca vitulina and P. largha -- Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus -- Health -- Hearing -- Hindlimb Anatomy -- History of Marine Mammal Research -- Hooded Seal Cystophora cristata -- Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger -- Humpback Dolphins -- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae -- Hunting of Marine Mammals -- Hybridism -- Identification Methods -- Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale Indopacetus pacificus -- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus -- Indo-West Pacific, Marine Mammals -- Intelligence and Cognition -- International Whaling Commission -- Inuit and Marine Mammals -- -- Irrawaddy Dolphin -- Japanese Whaling -- Killer Whale Orcinus orca -- Krill and Other Plankton -- Language Learning and Cognitive Skills -- Locomotion, Terrestrial -- Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx.
- Male Reproductive Systems -- Management -- Manatees Trichechus manatus, T. senegalensis, and T. inunguis -- Marine Parks and Zoos -- Marine Protected Areas -- Mark-Recapture -- Mass Mortalities -- Mating System -- Melon-headed Whale Peponocephala electra -- Mesoplodont Whales Mesoplodon spp. -- Migration and Movement Patterns -- Mimicry -- Minke Whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata and B. bonaerensis -- Molecular Ecology -- Monk Seals Monachus monachus, M. tropicalis, and M. schauinslandi. -- Musculature -- Museums and Collections -- Mysticete Evolution -- Narwhal Monodon monoceros -- Neoceti -- New Zealand Sea Lion Phocarctos hookeri -- Noise, Effects of -- North Atlantic Marine Mammals -- North Pacific Marine Mammals -- Northern Fur Seal -- Ocean Environment -- Odobenocetops -- Omura's whale Balaenoptera omurai -- Osmoregulation -- Otters, Marine.
- Pacific White-sided Dolphins Lagenorhynchus obliquidens -- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata -- Parasites -- Parental Behavior -- Pathology -- Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis -- Pilot Whales Globicephala melas and G. macrorhynchus -- Pinnepedia, Overview -- Pinnipedia Ecology -- Pinnipedia, Evolution -- Pinnipedia Life History -- Pinnipedia Physiology -- Playful Behavior -- Polar Bear Ursus maritimus -- Pollution and Marine Mammals -- Popular Culture and Literature -- Population Dynamics -- Population Status and Trends -- Porpoises, Overview -- Predation on Marine Mammals -- Predator-Prey Relationships -- Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales Kogia breviceps and K. sima -- Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuate -- Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata -- Remoras -- Reproductive Behavior -- Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata -- Right Whale Dolphins Lissodelphis borealis and L. peronii --Right Whales Eubalaena glacialis, E. japonica, and E. australis -- Ringed Seal Pusa hispida -- Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus -- River Dolphins -- River Dolphins, Evolutionary History and Affinities -- Rookeries -- Ross Seal -- Rough-toothed Dolphin.
- Scrimshaw -- Sealions, Overview -- Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis -- Sensory Biology, Overview -- Sexual Dimorphism -- Shepherd's Beaked Whale Tasmacetus shepherdi -- Signature Whistles -- Sirenian Evolution -- Sirenian Life History -- Skeletal Anatomy -- Skull Anatomy -- Sociobiology -- Song -- Sound Production -- South American Marine Mammals -- South American Sea Lion Otaria flavescens -- Southern Fur Seals ARCTOCEPHALUS SPP -- Species -- Spectacled Porpoise Phocoena dioptrica -- Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus -- Sperm Whales, Evolution -- Spermaceti -- Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris -- Steller's Sea Cow Hydrodamalis gigas -- Steller's Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus -- Stock Assessment -- Stock Identity -- Stranding -- Streamlining -- Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba -- Surveys -- Sustainability -- Susu and Bhulan Platanista gangetica gangetica and P. g. minor -- Swimming -- Systematics, Overview.
- Telemetry -- Territorial Behavior -- Thermoregulation -- Thorax and Abdomen Anatomy -- Tool-use in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins -- Toothed Whales, Overview -- Training -- Tucuxi and Guiana Dolphin: Sotalia fluviatilis and S. guianensis -- Tuna-Dolphin Issue -- Vaquita Phocoena sinus -- Vision -- Walrus Odobenus rosmarus -- Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii -- Whale Lice -- Whale Watching -- Whaling, Early and Aboriginal -- Whaling, in the Azores -- Whaling, Illegal and Pirate -- Whaling, Modern -- Whaling, Traditional -- White-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris.
- This thorough revision of the classic first edition brings this authoritative book right up-to-date. Articles describe every species in detail, based on the very latest taxonomy, and a host of biological, ecological and sociological aspects relating to marine mammals. The latest information on the biology, ecology, anatomy, behavior and interactions with man is provided by a cast of expert authors, all presented in such detail and clarity to support both marine mammal specialists and the serious naturalist. Fully referenced throughout and with a fresh selection of the best color photographs available, the long-awaited 2nd edition remains at the forefront as the go-to reference on marine mammals.
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