LEADER 04485nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910969397003321 005 20251116221101.0 010 $a1-61209-299-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000068595 035 $a(EBL)3019192 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430953 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12145466 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430953 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10456671 035 $a(PQKB)11774660 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3019192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3019192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10662999 035 $a(OCoLC)682620521 035 $a(BIP)29194508 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000068595 100 $a20100317d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWhales and dolphins $ebehavior, biology, and distribution /$fCraig A. Murray, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNova Science Publishers$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (174 p.) 225 1 $aAnimal science, issues and professions 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-61668-693-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 327 $aIMPLICATIONS -- 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. 330 $aThe biology of cetaceans is one of the most compelling areas of research because of the extreme adaptations whales and dolphins have had to undergo in order to manage a life in the water. This book discusses and presents new data on the behaviour and biology of whales and dolphins. 410 0$aAnimal science, issues, and professions series. 606 $aCetacea 606 $aWhales$xBehavior 606 $aDolphins$xBehavior 606 $aWhales$xGeographical distribution 606 $aDolphins$xGeographical distribution 615 0$aCetacea. 615 0$aWhales$xBehavior. 615 0$aDolphins$xBehavior. 615 0$aWhales$xGeographical distribution. 615 0$aDolphins$xGeographical distribution. 676 $a599.5 701 $aMurray$b Craig A$01861695 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969397003321 996 $aWhales and dolphins$94467867 997 $aUNINA