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xxxviii, 1414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Abundance Estimation / Stephen T. Buckland and Anne E. York -- Age Estimation / Aleta A. Hohn -- Aggressive Behavior (Intraspecific) / Claudio Campagna -- Albinism / Dagmar Fertl and Patricia E. Rosel -- Amazon River Dolphin: (Inia geoffrensis) / Vera M. F. da Silva -- Ambergris / Dale W. Rice -- Anatomical Dissection: Thorax and Abdomen / John E. Reynolds III, Sentiel A. Rommel and Meghan E. Bolen -- Antarctic Marine Mammals / Ian L. Boyd -- Archaeocetes, Archaic / J. G. M. Thewissen -- Arctic Marine Mammals / John J. Burns -- Artiodactyla / Jessica M. Theodor -- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin: (Stenella frontalis) / William F. Perrin -- Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin: (Lagenorhynchus acutus) / Frank Cipriano -- Australian Sea Lion: (Neophoca cinerea) / John K. Ling -- Baculum / Edward H. Miller -- Baiji: (Lipotes vexillifer) / Zhou Kaiya -- Baleen / Dale W. Rice -- Baleen Whales (Mysticetes) / John L. Bannister -- Baleen Whales, Archaic / Nicholas C. Fraser and Alton C. Dooley, Jr. -- Barnacles / Dagmar Fertl -- Basilosaurids / Mark D. Uhen -- Beaked Whales, Overview / James G. Mead -- Bearded Seal: (Erignathus barbatus) / Kit M. Kovacs -- Behavior, Overview / Peter L. Tyack -- Beluga Whale: (Delphinapterus leucas) / Gregory M. O'Corry-Crowe -- Biogeography / Rick LeDuc -- Bioluminescence / Gregory K. Silber -- Biomagnetism / Michael M. Walker -- Blowing / James L. Sumich -- Blubber / Sara J. Iverson -- Blue Whale: (Balaenoptera musculus) / Richard Sears -- Bones and Teeth, Histology of / Mary C. Maas -- Bottlenose Dolphins: (Tursiops truncatus and T. aduncus) / Randall S. Wells and Michael D. Scott -- Bottlenose Whales: (Hyperoodon ampullatus and H. planifrons) / Shannon Gowans -- Bowhead Whale: (Balaena mysticetus) / David J. Rugh and Kim E. W. Shelden -- Bow-Riding / Bernd Wursig -- Brain / Helmut H. A. Oelschlager and Jutta S. Oelschlager -- Brain Size Evolution / Lori Marino -- Breaching / Hal Whitehead -- Breathing / Douglas Wartzok -- Breeding Sites / Mark A. Hindell -- Bryde's Whales: (Balaenoptera edeni and B. brydei) / Hidehiro Kato -- Burmeister's Porpoise: (Phocoena spinipinnis) / Julio C. Reyes -- California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions: (Zalophus californianus, Z. wollebaeki, and Z. japonicus) / Carolyn B. Heath -- Callosities / Mason T. Weinrich -- Captive Breeding / Daniel K. Odell and Todd R. Robeck -- Captivity / Peter Corkeron -- Carnivora / Ronald E. Heinrich -- Cephalorhynchus Dolphins: (Cephalorhynchus spp.) / Stephen M. Dawson -- Cetacea, Overview / Lawrence G. Barnes -- Cetacean Ecology / Lisa T. Ballance -- Cetacean Evolution / R. Ewan Fordyce -- Cetacean Life History / Susan J. Chivers -- Cetacean Physiology, Overview / Robert Elsner -- Circulatory System / Paul J. Ponganis -- Classification / Dale W. Rice -- Clymene Dolphin: (Stenella clymene) / Thomas A. Jefferson -- Coloration / William F. Perrin -- Common Dolphins: (Delphinus delphis, D. capensis, and D. tropicalis) / William F. Perrin -- Communication / Kathleen A. Dudzinski, Jeanette A. Thomas and Etienne Douaze -- Competition with Fisheries / Eva E. Plaganyi and Douglas S. Butterworth -- Conservation Biology / Barbara L. Taylor -- Conservation Efforts / Randall R. Reeves -- Convergent Evolution / Emily A. Buchholtz -- Courtship Behavior / Bernd Wursig -- Crabeater Seal: (Lobodon carcinophaga) / John L. Bengtson -- Culture in Whales and Dolphins / Hal Whitehead -- Cuvier's Beaked Whale: (Ziphius cavirostris) / John E. Heyning -- Dall's Porpoise: (Phocoenoides dalli) / Thomas A. Jefferson -- Delphinids, Overview / Rick LeDuc -- Delphinoids, Evolution of the Modern Families / Lawrence G. Barnes -- Dental Morphology (Cetacean), Evolution of / Mark D. Uhen -- Desmostylia / Daryl P. Domning -- Dialects / John K. B. Ford -- Diet / Nelio Barros and Malcolm R. Clarke -- Distribution / Jaume Forcada -- Diving Behavior / Brent S. Stewart -- Diving Physiology / Gerald L. Kooyman -- Dugong: (Dugong dugon) / Helene Marsh -- Eared Seals (Otariidae) / Roger L. Gentry -- Earless Seals (Phocidae) / Mike O. Hammill -- Echolocation / Whitlow W. L. Au -- Ecology, Overview / Bernd Wursig -- Elephent Seals: (Mirounga angustirostris and M. leonina) / Mark A. Hindell -- Endangered Species and Populations / John E. Reynolds III, Douglas P. DeMaster and Gregory K. Silber -- Endocrine Systems / David J. St. Aubin -- Energetics / Daniel P. Costa -- Entrapment and Entanglement / Jon Lien -- Estrus and Estrous Behavior / Daryl J. Boness -- Ethics and Marine Mammals / Marc Bekoff -- Evolutionary Biology Overview / Frank Cipriano -- Extinctions, Specific / Deborah A. Duffield -- False Killer Whale: (Pseudorca crassidens) / Robin W. Baird -- Feeding Strategies and Tactics / Michael R. Heithaus and Lawrence M. Dill -- Female Reproductive Systems / Robert E. A. Stewart and Barbara E. Stewart -- Filter Feeding / Donald A. Croll and Bernie R. Tershy -- Finless Porpoise: (Neophocaena phocaenoides) / Masao Amano -- Fin Whale: (Balaenoptera physalus) / Alex Aguilar -- Fisheries, Interference with / Dagmar Fertl -- Fishing Industry, Effects of / Simon Northridge -- Fluking / Bernd Wursig -- Folklore and Legends / Rochelle Constantine -- Forensic Genetics / C. Scott Baker and Gina M. Lento -- Fossil Record / R. Ewan Fordyce -- Fossil Sites / R. Ewan Fordyce -- Franciscana: (Pontoporia blainvillei) / Enrique A. Crespo -- Fraser's Dolphin: (Lagenodelphis hosei) / M. Louella and L. Dolar -- Gastrointestinal Tract / James G. Mead -- Genetics, Overview / Per J. Palsboll -- Genetics for Management / Andrew E. Dizon -- Geographic Variation / William F. Perrin -- Geological Time Scale / Ellen M. Williams -- Giant Beaked Whales: (Berardius bairdii and B. arnuxii) / Toshio Kasuya -- Gray Seal: (Halichoerus grypus) / Ailsa Hall -- Gray Whale: (Eschrichtius robustus) / Mary Lou Jones and Steven L. Swartz -- Group Behavior / Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez -- Habitat Pressures / Peter G. H. Evans -- Hair and Fur / Pamela K. Yochem and Brent S. Stewart -- Harbor Porpoise: (Phocoena phocoena) / Arne Bjorge and Krystal A. Tolley -- Harbor Seal and Spotted Seal: (Phoca vitulina and P. largha) / John J. Burns -- Harp Seal: (Pagophilus groenlandicus) / David M. Lavigne -- Health / Joseph R. Geraci and Valerie J. Lounsbury -- Hearing / J. G. M. Thewissen -- Hippopotamus / John Gatesy -- History of Marine Mammal Research / Bernd Wursig -- Hooded Seal: (Cystophora cristata) / Kit M. Kovacs -- Hourglass Dolphins: (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) / R. Natalie P. Goodall -- Humpback Dolphins: (Sousa chinensis, S. plumbea, and S. teuszi) / Graham J. B. Ross -- Humpback Whale: (Megaptera novaeangliae) / Phillip J. Clapham -- Hunting of Marine Mammals / Randall R. Reeves -- Hybridism / Martine Berube -- Identification Methods / Randall S. Wells -- Illegal and Pirate Whaling / Robert L. Brownell, Jr. and A. V. Yablokov -- Incidental Catches / Simon Northridge -- Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale: (Indopacetus pacificus) / Robert L. Pitman -- Indo-West Pacific Marine Mammals / Peter Rudolph and Chris Smeenk -- Infanticide and Abuse of Young / Claudio Campagna -- Intelligence and Cognition / Bernd Wursig -- International Whaling Commission / Gregory P. Donovan -- Inuit and Marine Mammals / Stephen A. MacLean, Glenn W. Sheehan and Anne M. Jensen -- Irrawaddy Dolphin: (Orcaella brevirostris) / Peter W. Arnold -- Japanese Whaling / Toshio Kasuya -- Kentriodonitidae / Susan D. Dawson -- Kidney, Structure and Function / Carol A. Beuchat -- Killer Whale: (Orcinus orca) / John K. B. Ford -- Krill / Roger P. Hewitt and Jessica D. Lipsky -- Language Learning / Louis M. Herman -- Leaping Behavior / Bernd Wursig -- Leopard Seal: (Hydrurga leptonyx) / Tracey L |
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Locomotion, Terrestrial / Andre R. Wyss -- Lutrinae / Warren Fitch -- Male Reproductive Systems / Shannon Atkinson -- Mammalia / J. G. M. Thewissen -- Management / Jay Barlow -- Manatees: (Trichechus manatus, T. senegalensis, and T. inunguis) / John E. Reynolds III and James A. Powell -- Marine Parks and Zoos / Daniel K. Odell and Loran Wlodarski -- Mass Die-Offs / John Harwood -- Mating Systems / Sarah L. Mesnick and Katherine Ralls -- Melon-Headed Whale: (Peponocephala electra) / Wayne L. Perryman -- Mesonychia / Maureen A. O'Leary -- Mesoplodont Whales: (Mesoplodon spp.) / Robert L. Pitman -- Migration and Movement Patterns / S. Jonathan Stern -- Mimicry / Peter L. Tyack -- Minke Whales: (Balaenoptera acutorostrata and B. bonaerensis) / William F. Perrin and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. -- Molecular Ecology / A. Rus Hoelzel -- Monk Seals: (Monachus monachus, M. tropicalis, and M. schauinslandi) / William G. Gilmartin and Jaume Forcada -- Morphology, Functional / Christopher D. Marshall -- Musculature / J. G. M. Thewissen -- Museums and Collections / John E. Heyning -- Mustelidae / Ronald E. Heinrich -- Narwhal: (Monodon monoceros) / M. P. Heide-Jorgensen -- Neoceti / R. Ewan Fordyce -- New Zealand Sea Lion: (Phocarctos hookeri) / Nicholas J. Gales -- Noise, Effects of / Bernd Wursig and W. John Richardson -- North Atlantic Marine Mammals / Gordon T. Waring and Debra L. Palka -- North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Southern Right Whales: (Eubalaena glacialis, E. japonica, and E. australis) / Robert D. Kenney -- Northern Fur Seal: (Callorhinus ursinus) / Roger L. Gentry -- North Pacific Marine Mammals / Sergio Escorza-Trevino -- Ocean Environment / Paul C. Fiedler -- Odobenocetops / Christian de Muizon -- Origins of Marine Mammals / Michael A. Taylor -- Osmoregulation / Daniel P. Costa -- Otters / James A. Estes and James L. Bodkin -- Pacific White-Sided Dolphin and Dusky Dolphin: (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens and L. obscurus) / Koen Van Waerebeek and Bernd Wursig -- Paenungulates / Pascal Tassy -- Paleontology / J. G. M. Thewissen -- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin: (Stenella attenuata) / William F. Perrin -- Parasites / J. Antonio Raga, F. Javier Aznar and Juan A. Balbuena / [et al.] -- Parental Behavior / Janet Mann -- Pathology / Daniel F. Cowan -- Peale's Dolphin: (Lagenorhynchus australis) / R. Natalie P. Goodall -- Pelvic Anatomy / Peter J. Adam -- Perissodactyla / J. G. M. Thewissen -- Pilot Whales: (Globicephala melas and G. macrorhynchus) / Paula A. Olson and Stephen B. Reilly -- Pinnipedia, Overview / Annalisa Berta -- Pinniped Ecology / W. Don Bowen, Carrie A. Beck and Deborah A. Austin -- Pinniped Evolution / Annalisa Berta -- Pinniped Life History / Ian L. Boyd -- Pinniped Physiology / Daniel E. Crocker and Daniel P. Costa -- Plankton / Akito Kawamura -- Playful Behavior / Bernd Wursig -- Polar Bear: (Ursus maritimus) / Ian Stirling -- Pollution and Marine Mammals / Peter J. H. Reijinders and Alex Aguilar -- Popular Culture and Literature / Paul H. Forestell -- Population Dynamics / Paul R. Wade -- Population Status and Trends / Jay Barlow and Randall R. Reeves -- Porpoises, Overview / Andrew J. Read -- Predation on Marine Mammals / David W. Weller -- Predator-Prey Relationships / Andrew W. Trites -- Prenatal Development in Cetaceans / Joy S. Reidenberg and Jeffrey T. Laitman -- Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales: (Kogia breviceps and K. sima) / Donald F. McAlpine -- Pygmy Killer Whale: (Feresa attenuata) / Meghan A. Donahue and Wayne L. Perryman -- Pygmy Right Whale: (Caperea marginata) / Catherine M. Kemper -- Remoras / Dagmar Fertl and Andre M. Landry, Jr. -- Reproductive Behavior / Michael A. Fedak, Ben Wilson and Paddy P. Pomeroy -- Ribbon Seal: (Histriophoca fasciata) / Gennadiy Fedoseev -- Right Whale Dolphins: (Lissodelphis borealis and L. peronii) / Jessica D. Lipsky -- Ringed, Caspian, and Baikal Seals: (Pusa hispida, P. caspica, and P. sibirica) / Nobuyuki Miyazaki -- Risso's Dolphin: (Grampus griseus) / Robin W. Baird -- River Dolphins / Randall R. Reeves -- River Dolphins, Evolutionary History / Christian de Muizon -- River Dolphins, Relationships / John E. Heyning -- Rookeries / George A. Antonelis -- Ross Seal: (Ommatophoca rossii) / Jeanette A. Thomas -- Rough-Toothed Dolphin: (Steno bredanensis) / Thomas A. Jefferson -- Scrimshaw / Stuart M. Frank -- Sea Lions, Overview / Daryl J. Boness -- Sei Whale: (Balaenoptera borealis) / Joseph Horwood -- Sexual Dimorphism / Katherine Ralls and Sarah L. Mesnick -- Shepherd's Beaked Whale: (Tasmacetus shepherdi) / James G. Mead -- Signature Whistles / Laela S. Sayigh -- Sirenian Evolution / Daryl P. Domning -- Sirenian Life History / Daniel K. Odell -- Skeletal Anatomy / Sentiel A. Rommel and John E. Reynolds III -- Skull Anatomy / Sentiel A. Rommel, D. Ann Pabst and William A. McLellan -- Sociobiology / Fritz Trillmich -- Song / Jim Darling -- Sound Production / Adam S. Frankel -- South American Aquatic Mammals / Enrique A. Crespo -- South American Sea Lion: (Otaria flavescens) / Humberto Luis Cappozzo -- Southern Fur Seals: (Arctocephalus spp.) / John P. Y. Arnould -- Speciation / Rick LeDuc -- Species / William F. Perrin -- Spectacled Porpoise: (Phocoena dioptrica) / R. Natalie P. Goodall -- Speed / Frank E. Fish -- Spermaceti / Dale W. Rice -- Sperm Whale: (Physeter macrocephalus) / Hal Whitehead -- Sperm Whales, Evolution / Guram A. Mchedlidze -- Spinner Dolphin: (Stenella longirostris) / William F. Perrin -- Steller's Sea Cow: (Hydrodamalis gigas) / Paul K. Anderson and Daryl P. Domning -- Steller's Sea Lion: (Eumetopias jubatus) / Thomas R. Loughlin -- Stock Assessment / Jeffrey M. Breiwick and Anne E. York -- Stock Identity / John Y. Wang -- Stranding / William F. Perrin and Joseph R. Geraci -- Streamlining / Frank E. Fish -- Striped Dolphin: (Stenella coeruleoalba) / Frederick I. Archer II -- Surveys / Karin A. Forney -- Sustainability / Charles W. Fowler -- Susu and Bhulan: (Platanista gangetica gangetica and P. g. minor) / Brian D. Smith -- Swimming / Terrie M. Williams -- Systematics, Overview / Annalisa Berta -- Teeth / Nobuyuki Miyazaki -- Telemetry / Andrew J. Read -- Territorial Behavior / Edward H. Miller -- Tethytheria / Pascal Tassy -- Thermoregulation / Michael Castellini -- Tool Use / Rachel Smolker -- Toothed Whales, Overview / Sascha K. Hooker -- Training / Ted Turner -- Tucuxi: (Sotalia fluviatilis) / Paulo A. C. Flores -- Tuna-Dolphin Issue / Timothy Gerrodette -- Ursidae / Ronald E. Heinrich -- Vaquita: (Phocoena sinus) / Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho and Armando Jaramillo-Legorreta -- Vision / Alla M. Mass and Alexander Ya. Supin -- Walrus: (Odobenus rosmarus) / Ronald A. Kastelein -- Weddell Seal: (Leptonychotes weddellii) / Jeanette A. Thomas -- Whale Lice / Carl J. Pfeiffer -- Whale Watching / Erich Hoyt -- Whaling, Early and Aboriginal / Richard Ellis -- Whaling, Traditional / Richard Ellis -- Whaling Modern / Phillip J. Clapham and C. Scott Baker -- White-Beaked Dolphin: (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) / Carl C. Kinze -- Marine Mammal Species |
| Summary |
This encyclopedia is a comprehensive, scientifically accurate work devoted to all aspects of marine mammals, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 1339-1346 |
| Subject |
Marine mammals -- Encyclopedias.
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Marine mammals.
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Cetacea.
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Otters.
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Caniformia.
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Encyclopedia.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Author |
Perrin, William F.
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Thewissen, J. G. M.
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Wursig, Bernd
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| LC no. |
2001087128 |
| ISBN |
0125513402 |
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