Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Author Bernd Wursig - J.G.M. Thewissen - Kit Kovacs

Publisher Academic Press

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Author

Bernd Wursig - J.G.M. Thewissen - Kit Kovacs

Publisher

Academic Press

Volume

Edition

3

Copyright

2018

ISBN13

9780128043813

Release

Format

eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

This text covers the ecology, behavior, conservation, evolution, form and function of whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, manatees, dugongs, otters and polar bears. This edition provides new content on anthropogenic concerns, latest information on emerging threats such as ocean noise, and impacts of climate change.
Front Cover.
Other Frontmatter.
Half Title Page.
Encyclopedia Web Site.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Contents by Subject Area.
Contributors.
Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the First and Second Editions.
Marine Mammal Species.
1: Abundance Estimation.
2: Aerial Behavior.
3: Age Estimation.
4: Aggressive Behavior, Intraspecific.
5: Albinism.
6: Amazon River Dolphin.
7: Ambergris.
8: Antarctic Fur Seal.
9: Antarctic Marine Mammals.
10: Archaeocetes, Archaic.
11: Arctic Marine Mammals.
12: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin.
13: Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin.
14: Australian Sea Lion.
15: Australian Snubfin Dolphin.
16: Baculum.
17: Baiji.
18: Baikal Seal.
19: Balance.
20: Baleen.
21: Baleen Whales (Mysticeti).
22: Baleen Whales, Evolution.
23: Barnacles.
24: Basilosaurids and Kekenodontids.
25: Beaked Whales, Overview.
26: Bearded Seal.
27: Behavior, Overview.
28: Beluga Whale.
29: Berardius Beaked Whales.
30: Biogeography.
31: Biotelemetry.
32: Blubber.
33: Blue Whale.
34: Bones and Teeth, Histology of.
35: Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus, Common Bottlenose Dolphin.
36: Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Aduncus, Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin.
37: Bottlenose Whales.
38: Bowhead Whale.
39: Bow-Riding.
40: Brain.
41: Breathing.
42: Bryde’s Whale.
43: Burmeister’s Porpoise.
44: Bycatch.
45: California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions.
46: Callosities.
47: Cape and Australian Fur Seals.
48: Captivity.
49: Caspian Seal.
50: Cephalorhynchus Dolphins.
51: Cetacean Ecology.
52: Cetacean Evolution.
53: Cetacean Life History.
54: Cetartiodactyla.
55: Circulatory System.
56: Climate Change.
57: Clymene Dolphin.
58: Coloration.
59: Common Dolphin.
60: Communication.
61: Conservation.
62: Crabeater Seal.
63: Culture and Social Learning.
64: Cuvier’s Beaked Whale.
65: Dall’s Porpoise.
66: Delphinids, Overview.
67: Dental Morphology.
68: Desmostylia.
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