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Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification
- 1st Edition - December 7, 2007
- Authors: Thomas Allen Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Robert L. Pitman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 3 8 5 3 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 7 8 4 - 7
With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine mammals alive in nature (at sea or… Read more
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Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
The Need for This Guide
Marine Mammal Identification and How to Use This Guide
Notes on the Format of the Species Accounts
Notes on the Dichotomous Keys
Request For Feedback from Users
Chapter 2: Basic Marine Mammal Biology
What is a Marine Mammal?
Types of Marine Mammals
Evolutionary History
Zoogeography, Distribution, and Migration
Anatomy and Physiology
Life History and Reproduction
Feeding Ecology
Predation/Parasites/Disease
Behavior and Social Organization
Standings
Exploitation and Conservation
Chapter 3: Taxonomic Groupings Above the Species Level
Order Cetacea— Whales, dolphins, and porpoises
Suborder Mysticeti—Baleen whales
Family Balaenidae—Right and bowhead whales
Family Neobalaenidae—Pygmy right whale
Family Balaenopteridae—Rorquals
Family Eschrichtiidae—Gray whale
Suborder Odontoceti—Toothed whales
Family Physeteridae—Sperm whale
Family Kogiidae—Pygmy and dwarf sperm whales
Family Monodontidae—Narwhal and beluga whale
Family Ziphiidae—Beaked whales
Family Delphinidae—Marine dolphins
Family Phocoenidae—Porpoises
Family Platanistidae—South Asian river dolphin
Family Iniidae—Boto
Family Lipotidae—Baiji
Family Pontoporiidae—Franciscana
Order Sirenia—Manatees and dugongs
Family Trichechidae—Manatees
Family Dugongidae—Dugong
Order Carnivora—Carnivorous mammals (including pinnipeds, marine otters, and polar bears)
Family Mustelidae—Otters
Family Ursidae—Bears
Suborder Pinnipedia—Seals, sea lions, and walruses
Family Otariidae—Eared seals
Family Odobenidae—Walrus
Family Phocidae—True seals
Chapter 4: Cetaceans
Chapter 5: Pinnipeds
Recognizable geographic forms
Chapter 6: Sirenian and Other Species
Recognizable geographic forms
Chapter 7: Extinct Species
Chapter 8: Dichotomous Identification Keys
Chapter 9: Summaries of Characters for Similar Species
Glossary of Technical Terms
References
Index—Common Names
Index—Scientific Names
- No. of pages: 592
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 7, 2007
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123838537
- eBook ISBN: 9780080557847
TJ
Thomas Allen Jefferson
MW
Marc A. Webber
RP
Robert L. Pitman
and has published extensively on marine birds and mammals. Since 1976 he has averaged 6 months a year
at sea on research vessels operating in all the world’s oceans. His current research interests include ecology
and systematics of killer whales in Antarctica and Australia.