Handbook of Marine Mammals: The Second Book of Dolphins and the PorpoisesSam H. Ridgway, Richard John Harrison Some of the world's most beautiful, intelligent and highly adapted mammals inhabit our seas and oceans, and have stirred the human imagination for many centuries. As our knowledge of marine mammals grows, the need exists for a reliable and complete reference to the ecology and biology of these fascinating creatures. The Handbook of Marine Mammals series was founded with this in mind and now reaches its conclusion with this sixth and final volume. Within the pages of this classic series, scientists, conservationists and informed layperson alike can find the definitive review of all the world's whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, and related species as well as sea otters and sea cows. Volume 6 covers the remaining dolphins and porpoises in a series of 17 chapters, each written by a specialist author with extensive personal research experience of the species. Each chapter provides a description of the species, and includes sections on the aspects of distribution and abundance, anatomy, physiology, behavior, reproduction, parasites and diseases and the impact of human activity on the animal's population and well-being. Numerous maps, photos and drawings illustrate the text.
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Contents
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus Montagu 1821 | 137 |
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J LIEN 1 Whales Research Group Memorial University of Newfoundland | 230 |
Pilot Whales | 245 |
K ODELL 213 Sea World Inc 7007 Sea World Drive Orlando | 246 |
Numbers in parentheses indicate the pages on which the authors contributions begin | 271 |
F CIPRIANO 85 Kewalo Marine Laboratory 41 Ahui Street Honolulu | 277 |
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abundance albirostris animals Antarctic Atlantic white-sided dolphins behaviour Biology body length bottlenose dolphins Bull Burmeister's porpoise Caldwell California calves captive cetaceans Chile coast coastal Commn Dahlheim Dall's porpoise delphinids distribution dolphins Lagenorhynchus dorsal fin dusky dolphins estimated false killer whale females finless porpoise Fish fisheries flipper Fraser Gaskin genus Globicephala Goodall Grampus Gulf harbour porpoises International Whaling Commission Islands Japan Kasuya killer whales Orcinus Leatherwood long-finned pilot whales males Mamm marine mammals mass stranding Miyazaki Norris North Atlantic North Pacific northern obliquidens obscurus observed Ocean odontocetes Pacific white-sided dolphins parasites Pilleri population porpoise Phocoena phocoena Pseudorca range Reeves reported reproductive Ridgway Risso's dolphins Ross rostrum sexual maturity short-finned pilot whales sightings skull small cetaceans Smeenk South southern Spec species specimens squid stomach Tomilin vaquita Waerebeek waters western North Whal whales Orcinus orca white-beaked dolphins Würsig Zool