Encyclopedia of marine mammals /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston, Mass. :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
[2009]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to Encyclopedia of marine mammals (one simultaneous user allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- TOC$Contents
- Contents by Subject Area
- Contributors
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Guide to the Encyclopedia
- CH$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
- CH$B
- Baculum
- Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)
- Balance
- Baleen
- Baleen Whales (Mysticetes)
- Barnacles
- Basilosaurids
- Beaked Whales, Overview (Ziphiidae)
- Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus)
- Behavior, Overview
- Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
- Biogeography
- Blubber
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Bones and Teeth, Histology of
- Bottlenose Whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus and H. planifrons)
- Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)
- Bow-Riding
- Brain
- Brain Size Evolution
- Breathing
- Breeding Sites
- Bryde's Whales (Balaenoptera edeni/B. brydei)
- Burmeister's Porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
- Bycatch
- CH$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)
- CH$D
- Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
- Delphinids, Overview
- Dental Morphology, Evolution of
- Desmostylia
- Dialects
- Diet
- Distribution
- Diving Behavior
- Diving Physiology
- Dugong (Dugong dugon)
- Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)
- CH$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
- CH$F
- False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
- Feeding Morphology
- Feeding Strategies and Tactics
- Female Reproductive Systems
- Filter Feeding
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- T$