04485nam 2200661Ia 450 991096939700332120251116221101.01-61209-299-3(CKB)2560000000068595(EBL)3019192(SSID)ssj0000430953(PQKBManifestationID)12145466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430953(PQKBWorkID)10456671(PQKB)11774660(MiAaPQ)EBC3019192(Au-PeEL)EBL3019192(CaPaEBR)ebr10662999(OCoLC)682620521(BIP)29194508(EXLCZ)99256000000006859520100317d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhales and dolphins behavior, biology, and distribution /Craig A. Murray, editor1st ed.New York Nova Science Publishersc20101 online resource (174 p.)Animal science, issues and professionsDescription based upon print version of record.1-61668-693-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- WHALES AND DOLPHINS: BEHAVIOR, BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION -- WHALES AND DOLPHINS: BEHAVIOR, BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CENOZOIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND EVOLUTION OF BALEEN WHALES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- A DARWINIAN APPROACH -- OVERVIEW OF BALEEN-BEARING WHALE EVOLUTION -- Morphological and Taxonomic Diversity Changes through Time -- Hypotheses of Phylogeny -- Paleobiogeographic Distribution -- CONNECTING CENOZOIC GLOBAL CHANGES AND BALEEN WHALE EVOLUTION -- Oligocene: Early Radiation -- Miocene: Dispersal -- Pliocene-to-Recent: Origin of the Modern Mysticete Fauna -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 WHALES AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- THE CHANGING CLIMATE -- ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE -- SOUTHERN OCEAN AND THE ANTARCTIC -- OCEAN ACIDIFICATION -- CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS TO CETACEANS -- HABITAT LOSS -- TEMPERATURE INCREASE -- PREY AVAILABILITY -- ARCTIC WHALES -- NARWHALS -- CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION -- GRAY WHALES -- INCREASED HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE ARCTIC -- SOUTHERN OCEAN - WHALES AND THEIR FOOD WEB -- RECOMMENDED ACTIONS -- NEED FOR MONITORING AND MODELING -- EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS -- ADAPTATION -- DEVELOPING A SENSITIVITY / VULNERABILITY INDEX FOR CETACEANS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE IN WHALES AND DOLPHINS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE PARASITE FAUNA OF CETACEANS: A PLEA FOR INTEGRATIVE STUDIES -- ABSTRACT -- DO PARASITES MATTER? -- PARASITES AND VALUES -- THE VALUES OF PARASITES OF CETACEANS -- A PLEA FOR INTEGRATIVE STUDIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 MORE THAN JUST OLD BONES: THE FOSSIL RECORD INFORMS US ABOUT HOMOLOGY, AND CONVERGENCES OF ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR IN THE CETACEA OTHERWISE UNKNOWN FROM MODERN ANIMALS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ODONTOCETI VS. MYSTICETI -- WITHIN THE MYSTICETI.IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOLITARY AND GROUP TIME BUDGET IN THE ESTUARINE DOLPHIN (SOTALIA GUIANENSIS) AT NORTHEASTERN - BRAZIL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Study Areas -- Data Collection -- Data Analyses -- RESULTS -- Time Budget -- Comparison between Periods -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.The biology of cetaceans is one of the most compelling areas of research because of the extreme adaptations whales and dolphins have had to undergo in order to manage a life in the water. This book discusses and presents new data on the behaviour and biology of whales and dolphins.Animal science, issues, and professions series.CetaceaWhalesBehaviorDolphinsBehaviorWhalesGeographical distributionDolphinsGeographical distributionCetacea.WhalesBehavior.DolphinsBehavior.WhalesGeographical distribution.DolphinsGeographical distribution.599.5Murray Craig A1861695MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969397003321Whales and dolphins4467867UNINA