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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Section I: Basic biology: Higher level phylogeny of baleen whales -- Fossil record -- The stocks of bowheads -- Distribution and behavior of Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort bowhead whales as inferred by telemetry -- Distribution, migrations, and ecology of the Atlantic and the Okhotsk Sea populations -- Abundance -- Life history, growth, and form -- Prenatal development -- Anatomy of skull and mandible -- Postcranial skeleton and musculature -- Hematology, serum, and urin composition -- Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system -- Female and male reproduction -- Anatomy and function of feeding -- Cardiovascular and pulmonary systems -- Thermoregulation and energetics -- Brain -- Sensory systems -- Endocrinology and blubber physiology -- Molecular insights into anatomy and physiology -- Age estimation -- Acoustic behavior -- Natural and potentially disturbed behavior of bowhead whales -- Ecological variation in the western Beaufort Sea |
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Section II: The bowhead ecosystem: Physical oceanography -- Biological environment -- Bowhead whale ecology in changing high-latitude ecosystems -- Diet and prey -- Predators and impacts of predation -- Diseases and parasites |
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Section III: Interactions with humans: Whale hunting in Indigenous Arctic cultures -- Current indigenous whaling -- Commercial whaling -- Indigenous knowledge in research and management -- Effects of noise -- Fishing gear entanglement and vessel collisions -- Contaminants -- Conservation and management -- Past, present, and future |
| Summary |
The Bowhead Whale: Balaena mysticetus: Biology and Human Interactions covers bowhead biology from their anatomy and behavior, to conservation, distribution, ecology and evolution. The book also discusses the biological and physical aspects of the Arctic ecosystem in which these whales live, with careful attention paid to the dramatic changes taking place. A special section of the book describes the interactions of humans with bowheads in past and present, focusing on their importance to Indigenous communities and the challenges regarding entanglement in fishing gear, industrial noise and ship strikes. This volume brings together the knowledge of bowheads in one place for easy reference for scientists that study the species, marine mammal biologists, but, equally important, for everyone who is interested in the Arctic. -- Provided by publisher |
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Bowhead whale.
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Human-animal relationships -- Arctic regions
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Bowhead whale
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Human-animal relationships
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Arctic Regions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
George, J. C
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Thewissen, J. G. M.
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| ISBN |
9780128189702 |
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0128189703 |
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