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Encyclopedia of marine mammals / / edited by Bernd Wursig, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States, J.G.M. Thewissen, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States, Kit M. Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, Norway and University Studies on Svalbard
| Encyclopedia of marine mammals / / edited by Bernd Wursig, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States, J.G.M. Thewissen, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States, Kit M. Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, Norway and University Studies on Svalbard |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, United Kingdom ; ; San Diego, California, United States : , : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxi, 1157 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps |
| Disciplina | 599.5 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico | Marine mammals |
| ISBN |
0-12-804381-4
0-12-804327-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Abundance estimation -- Aerial behavior -- Age estimation -- Aggressive behavior, intraspecific -- Albinism -- Amazon River dolphin -- Ambergris -- Antarctic fur seal -- Antarctic marine mammals -- Archaeocetes, archaic -- Arctic marine mammals -- Atlantic spotted dolphin -- Atlantic white-sided dolphin -- Australian sea lion -- Australian snubfin dolphin -- Baculum -- Baiji -- Baikal seal -- Balance -- Baleen -- Baleen whales (Mysticeti) -- Baleen whales, evolution -- Barnacles -- Basilosaurids and kekenodontids -- Beaked whales, overview -- Bearded seal -- Behavior, overview -- Beluga whale -- Berardius beaked whales -- Biogeography -- Biotelemetry -- Blubber -- Blue whale -- Bones and teeth, histology of -- Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, common bottlenose dolphin -- Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin -- Bottlenose whales -- Bowhead whale -- Bow-riding -- Brain -- Breathing -- Bryde's whale -- Burmeister's porpoise -- Bycatch -- California, Galapagos, and Japanese sea lions -- Callosities -- Cape and Australian fur seals -- Captivity -- Caspian seal -- Cephalorhynchus dolphins -- Cetacean ecology -- Cetacean evolution -- Cetacean life history -- Cetartiodactyla -- Circulatory system -- Climate change -- Clymene dolphin -- Coloration -- Common dolphin -- Communication -- Conservation -- Crabeater seal -- Culture and social learning -- Cuvier's beaked whale -- Dall's porpoise -- Delphinids, overview -- Dental morphology -- Desmostylia -- Dialects -- Diet -- Distribution -- Diving behavior -- Diving physiology -- Dolphins, porpoises, and monodontids, evolution -- Dugong -- Dusky dolphin -- Eared seals -- Earless seals -- Echolocation -- Ecology -- Elephant seals -- Embryology -- Endangered species and populations -- Endocrine systems -- Energetics -- Entanglement of whales in fishing gear -- Epimeletic behavior -- Ethics -- Evolutionary patterns -- Extinctions, specific -- False killer whale -- Feeding morphology -- Feeding strategies and tactics -- Filter feeding -- Fin whale -- Finless porpoises -- Fisheries interactions -- Folklore and legends -- Forelimb anatomy -- Franciscana dolphin -- Fraser's dolphin -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Genetics and genomics -- Genetics, forensics -- Genetics, management -- Geographic variation -- Gray seal -- Gray whale -- Group behavior -- Guadalupe, Juan Fern�andez, and Galapagos fur seals -- Habitat pressures -- Hair and fur -- Harbor porpoise -- Harbor seal -- Harp seal -- Health -- Hearing -- Hindlimb anatomy -- History of marine mammal research -- Hooded seal -- Hourglass dolphin -- Humpback dolphins -- Humpback whale -- Hunting -- Hybridism -- Identification methods -- Indo-Pacific beaked whale -- Intelligence -- International Whaling Commission -- Inuit and marine mammals -- Irrawaddy dolphin -- Killer whale -- Krill and other plankton -- Language learning and cognitive skills -- Leopard seal -- Locomotion, terrestrial -- Management -- Manatees -- Marine parks, zoos, and aquariums -- Marine protected areas -- Mark-recapture -- Mass mortalities -- Mating systems -- Melon-headed whale -- Mesoplodon beaked whales -- Migration and movement -- Mimicry -- Minke whales -- Molecular ecology -- Monk seals -- Musculature -- Museums and collections -- Narwhal -- Neoceti -- New Zealand fur seal -- New Zealand sea lion -- Noise -- Northern fur seal -- Ocean environments -- Odobenocetops -- Omura's whale -- Osmoregulation -- Otters -- Pacific white-sided dolphin -- Pantropical spotted dolphin -- Parasites -- Parental behavior -- Pathology -- Peale's dolphin -- Pilot whales -- Pinniped ecology -- Pinniped evolution -- Pinniped life history -- Pinniped physiology -- Pinnipeds -- Playful behavior -- Polar bear -- Pollution -- Popular culture and literature -- Population dynamics -- Porpoises, overview -- Predation on marine mammals -- Predator-prey relationships -- Prey consumption -- Pygmy and dwarf sperm whales -- Pygmy killer whale -- Pygmy right whale -- Remoras -- Reproductive anatomy -- Reproductive behavior -- Reproductive physiology -- Ribbon seal -- Right whale dolphins -- Right whales -- Ringed seal -- Risso's dolphin -- River dolphins -- River dolphins, evolution -- Ross seal -- Rough-toothed dolphin -- Scrimshaw -- Sei whale -- Sensory biology -- Sexual dimorphism -- Shepherd's beaked whale -- Signature whistles -- Sirenian, evolution -- Sirenian life history -- Skeleton -- Skull -- Sociobiology -- Song -- Sound -- Sound paths, cetaceans -- South American fur seal -- South American sea lion -- Species and subspecies -- Spectacled porpoise -- Sperm and beaked whales, evolution -- Sperm whale -- Spinner dolphin -- Spotted seal -- Steller sea lion -- Steller's sea cow -- Stock assessment -- Stock identity -- Strandings -- Streamlining -- Striped dolphin -- Subantarctic fur seal -- Surveys -- Sustainability -- Susu and bhulan -- Swimming -- Systematics -- Territorial behavior -- Thermoregulation -- Thorax and abdomen, anatomy -- Tool use -- Toothed whales (Odontoceti) -- Tourism -- Training -- Tucuxi and Guiana dolphins -- Tuna-dolphin issue -- Vaquita -- Vision -- Walrus -- Weddell seal -- Whale lice -- Whaling, aboriginal, and western traditional -- Whaling, illegal and pirate -- Whaling, Japanese -- Whaling, modern -- Whiskers -- White-beaked dolphin. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298232003321 |
| London, United Kingdom ; ; San Diego, California, United States : , : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Encyclopedia of marine mammals / / editors, William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen
| Encyclopedia of marine mammals / / editors, William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Academic, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1316 pages, 4 pages of col. plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Disciplina |
599.5
599.503 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico | Marine mammals |
| ISBN |
1-281-92850-X
9786611928506 0-08-091993-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
FRONT COVER; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MARINE MAMMALS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA; A; Abundance Estimation; Aerial Behavior; Age Estimation; Aggressive Behavior, Intraspecific; Albinism; Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis); Ambergris; Anatomical Dissection: Thorax and Abdomen; Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella); Antarctic Marine Mammals; Archaeocetes, Archaic; Arctic Marine Mammals; Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea); Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni); Azorean Whaling; B; Baculum; Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer); Balance; Baleen; Baleen Whales (Mysticetes); Barnacles; Basilosaurids; Beaked Whales, Overview (Ziphiidae); Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus); Behavior, Overview; Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas); Biogeography; Blubber; Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus); Bones and Teeth, Histology of; Bottlenose Whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus and H. planifrons); Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus); Bow-Riding BrainBrain Size Evolution; Breathing; Breeding Sites; Bryde's Whales (Balaenoptera edeni/B. brydei); Burmeister's Porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis); Bycatch; C; California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus, Z. wollebaeki, and Z. japonicus); Callosities; Captive Breeding; Captivity; Caspian and Baikal Seals (Pusa caspica and Pusa sibirica); Cephalorhynchus Dolphins (C. heavisidii, C. eutropia, C. hectori, and C. commersonii); Cetacean Ecology; Cetacean Evolution; Cetacean Fossil Record; Cetacean Life History; Cetacean Prenatal Development; Circulatory System Classification (Overall)Climate Change; Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene); Coloration; Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus); Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis and D. capensis); Communication in Marine Mammals; Competition with Fisheries; Conservation Efforts; Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga); Culture in Whales and Dolphins; Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris); D; Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli); Delphinids, Overview; Dental Morphology, Evolution of; Desmostylia; Dialects; Diet; Distribution; Diving Behavior; Diving Physiology; Dugong (Dugong dugon) Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)E; Eared Seals (Otariidae); Earless Seals (Phocidae); Echolocation; Ecological Effects of Marine Mammals; Ecology, Overview; Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris and M. leonina); Endangered Species and Populations; Endocrine Systems; Energetics; Entrapment and Entanglement; Estrus and Estrous Behavior; Ethics and Marine Mammals; Extinctions, Specific; F; False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens); Feeding Morphology; Feeding Strategies and Tactics; Female Reproductive Systems; Filter Feeding; Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782442503321 |
| London, : Academic, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Encyclopedia of marine mammals / / editors, William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen
| Encyclopedia of marine mammals / / editors, William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Academic, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1316 pages, 4 pages of col. plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Disciplina |
599.5
599.503 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico | Marine mammals |
| ISBN |
1-281-92850-X
9786611928506 0-08-091993-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
FRONT COVER; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MARINE MAMMALS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA; A; Abundance Estimation; Aerial Behavior; Age Estimation; Aggressive Behavior, Intraspecific; Albinism; Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis); Ambergris; Anatomical Dissection: Thorax and Abdomen; Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella); Antarctic Marine Mammals; Archaeocetes, Archaic; Arctic Marine Mammals; Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea); Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni); Azorean Whaling; B; Baculum; Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer); Balance; Baleen; Baleen Whales (Mysticetes); Barnacles; Basilosaurids; Beaked Whales, Overview (Ziphiidae); Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus); Behavior, Overview; Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas); Biogeography; Blubber; Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus); Bones and Teeth, Histology of; Bottlenose Whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus and H. planifrons); Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus); Bow-Riding BrainBrain Size Evolution; Breathing; Breeding Sites; Bryde's Whales (Balaenoptera edeni/B. brydei); Burmeister's Porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis); Bycatch; C; California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus, Z. wollebaeki, and Z. japonicus); Callosities; Captive Breeding; Captivity; Caspian and Baikal Seals (Pusa caspica and Pusa sibirica); Cephalorhynchus Dolphins (C. heavisidii, C. eutropia, C. hectori, and C. commersonii); Cetacean Ecology; Cetacean Evolution; Cetacean Fossil Record; Cetacean Life History; Cetacean Prenatal Development; Circulatory System Classification (Overall)Climate Change; Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene); Coloration; Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus); Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis and D. capensis); Communication in Marine Mammals; Competition with Fisheries; Conservation Efforts; Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga); Culture in Whales and Dolphins; Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris); D; Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli); Delphinids, Overview; Dental Morphology, Evolution of; Desmostylia; Dialects; Diet; Distribution; Diving Behavior; Diving Physiology; Dugong (Dugong dugon) Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)E; Eared Seals (Otariidae); Earless Seals (Phocidae); Echolocation; Ecological Effects of Marine Mammals; Ecology, Overview; Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris and M. leonina); Endangered Species and Populations; Endocrine Systems; Energetics; Entrapment and Entanglement; Estrus and Estrous Behavior; Ethics and Marine Mammals; Extinctions, Specific; F; False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens); Feeding Morphology; Feeding Strategies and Tactics; Female Reproductive Systems; Filter Feeding; Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827623703321 |
| London, : Academic, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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