Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
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This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date. Articles describe every species in detail, based on the very latest taxonomy, and a host of biological, ecological and sociological aspects relating to marine mammals. The latest information on the biology, ecology, anatomy, behavior and interactions with man is provided by a cast of expert authors – all presented in such detail and clarity to support both marine mammal specialists and the serious naturalist. Fully referenced throughout and with a fresh selection of the best color photographs available, the long-awaited second edition remains at the forefront as the go-to reference on marine mammals.
Key Features
- More than 20% NEW MATERIAL includes articles on Climate Change, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Sociobiology, Habitat Use, Feeding Morphology and more
- Over 260 articles on the individual species with topics ranging from anatomy and behavior, to conservation, exploitation and the impact of global climate change on marine mammals
- New color illustrations show every species and document topical articles
FROM THE FIRST EDITION
“This book is so good...a bargain, full of riches...packed with fascinating up to date information. I recommend it unreservedly it to individuals, students, and researchers, as well as libraries." --Richard M. Laws, MARINE MAMMALS SCIENCE
"...establishes a solid and satisfying foundation for current study and future exploration" --Ronald J. Shusterman, SCIENCE
Readership
Marine Biologists, Ecologists, Conservation Biologists, Fisheries Biologists and Environmental consultants
Table of Contents
Abundance Estimation
Stephen T. Buckland and Anne E. York
Aerial Behavior
Bernd Würsig and Hal Whitehead
Age Estimation
Aleta A. Hohn
Aggressive Behavior, Intraspecific
Claudio Campagna
Albinism
Dagmar Fertl and Patricia E. Rosel
Amazon River Dolphin or Boto
Vera M.F. da Silva
Ambergris
Dale W. Rice
Antarctic Fur Seal
Arctocephalus gazella
Jaume Forcada and Iain J. Staniland
Antarctic Marine Mammals
Ian L. Boyd
Archaeocetes, Archaic
J. G. M. Thewissen
Arctic Marine Mammals
John J. Burns
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Stenella frontalis
William F. Perrin
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828)
Frank Cipriano
Australian Sea Lion
Neophoca cinerea
John K. Ling
Australian Snubfin Dolphin
Orcaella heinsohni
Kelly M. Robertson and Peter W. Arnold
Azorean Whaling
Richard Ellis
Baculum
Edward H. Miller
Baiji
Lipotes vexillifer
Kaiya Zhou
Balance
Fred Spoor
Baleen
Dale W. Rice
Baleen Whales
Mysticetes
John L. Bannister
Barnacles
Dagmar Fertl and William A. Newman
Basilosaurids
Mark D. Uhen
Beaked Whales, Overview
Ziphiidae
James G. Mead
Bearded Seal
Erignathus barbatus
Kit M. Kovacs
Behavior, Overview
Peter L. Tyack
Beluga Whale
Delphinapterus leucas
Gregory M. O'Corry-Crowe
Biogeography
Rick LeDuc
Blubber
Sara J. Iverson
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Richard Sears and William F. Perrin
Bones and Teeth, Histology of
Mary C. Maas
Bottlenose Whales
Hyperoodon ampullatus and H. planifrons
Shannon Gowans
Bowhead Whale
Balaena mysticetus
David J. Rugh and Kim E. W. Shelden
Bow-riding
Bernd Würsig
Brain
Helmut H.A. Oelschläger and Jutta S. Oelschläger
Brain Size Evolution
Lori Marino
Breathing
Douglas Wartzok
Breeding Sites
Mark A. Hindell
Bryde's Whales
Balaenoptera edeni/brydei
Hedehiro Kato and William F. Perrin
Burmeister's Porpoise
Phocoena spinipinnis
Julio C. Reyes
Bycatch
Simon Northridge
California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions
Carolyn B. Heath and William F Perrin
Callosities
Mason T. Weinrich
Captive Breeding
Todd R. Robeck, Justine K. O’Brien and Daniel K. Odell
Captivity
Peter Corkeron
Caspian and Baikal Seals
Nobuyuki Miyazaki
The Cephalorhynchus Dolphins
Stephen M. Dawson
Cetacean Ecology
Lisa T. Ballance
Cetacean Evolution
R. Ewan Fordyce
Cetacean Fossil Record
R. Ewan Fordyce
Cetacean Life-History
Susan J. Chivers
Cetacean Prenatal Development
Joy S. Reidenberg and Jeffrey T. Laitman
Circulatory System
Paul J. Ponganis
Classification
Dale W. Rice
Climate Change
Sue Moore
Clymene Dolphin
Stenella clymene
Thomas A. Jefferson
Coloration
William F. Perrin
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Randall S. Wells and Michael D. Scott
Common Dolphins
Delphinus delphis and D. capensis
William F. Perrin
Communication in Marine Mammals
Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Jeanette A. Thomas and Justin D. Gregg
Competition with Fisheries
Éva E. Plagányi and Douglas S. Butterworth
Conservation Efforts
Randall R. Reeves
Crabeater Seal
Lobodon carcinophaga
John L. Bengtson
Culture in Whales and Dolphins
Hal Whitehead
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris
John E. Heyning
Dall's Porpoise
Phocoenoides dalli
Thomas A. Jefferson
Delphinids, Overview
Rick LeDuc
Dental Morphology, Evolution of
Mark D. Uhen
Desmostylia
Daryl P. Domning
Dialects
John K.B. Ford
Diet
Nelio B. Barros and Malcolm R. Clarke
Distribution
Jaume Forcada
Diving Behavior
Brent S. Stewart
Diving Physiology
Gerald L. Kooyman
Dugong
Dugong dugon
Helene Marsh
Dusky Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Koen Van Waerebeek and Bernd Würsig
Eared Seals
Otariidae
Roger L. Gentry
Earless Seals
Phocidae
Mike O. Hammill
Echolocation
Whitlow W. L. Au
Ecological Effects
James A. Estes
Ecology, Overview
Bernd Wursig
Elephant Seals
Mirounga angustirostris and M. leonina
Mark A. Hindell and Wiliam F. Perrin
Endangered Species and Populations
John E. Reynolds, Richard Merrick, Gregory K. Silber, and Douglas P. DeMaster
Endocrine Systems
Shannon Atkinson and David St. Aubin
Energetics
Daniel P. Costa
Entrapment and Entanglement
Jon Lien
Estrus and Estrous Behavior
Daryl J. Boness
Ethics and Marine Mammals
Marc Bekoff
Extinctions, Specific
T. Duffield
False Killer Whale
Pseudorca crassidens
Robin W. Baird
Feeding Morphology
Christopher D. Marshall
Feeding Strategy and Tactics
Michael R. Heithaus and Lawrence M. Dill
Female Reproductive System
R. E. A. Stewart and B. E. Stewart
Filter Feeding
Donald A. Croll, Bernie R. Tershy, and Kelly M. Newton
Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
Alex Aguilar
Finless Porpoise
Masao Amano
Fisheries, Interference with
Dagmar Fertl
Fishing Industry, Effects of
Simon Northridge
Folklore and Legends
Rochelle Constantine
Forelimb Anatomy
Lisa Noelle Cooper
Forensic Genetics
C. Scott Baker and Merel L. Dalebout
Fossil Sites
R. Ewan Fordyce
Franciscana
Pontoporia blainvillei
Enrique A Crespo
Fraser's Dolphin
Lagenodelphis hosei
M. Louella and L. Dolar
Gastrointestinal Tract
James G. Mead
Genetics for Management
Phillip A. Morin and Andrew E. Dizon
Genetics, Overview
Per J. Palsboll
Geographic Variation
William F. Perrin
Giant Beaked Whales
Berardius bairdii and B. arnuxii
Toshio Kasuya
Gray Seal
Halichoerus grypus
Ailsa Hall and David Thompson
Gray Whale
Eschrichtius robustus
Mary Lou Jones and Steven L. Swartz
Group Behavior
Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez
Habitat Pressure
Peter G. H. Evans
Habitat Use
Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez
Hair and Fur
Pamela K. Yochem and Brent S. Stewart
Harbor Porpoise
Arne Bjorge
Harbor Seal and Spotted Seal
Phoca vitulina and P. largha
John J. Burns
Harp Seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
David M. Lavigne
Health
Joseph R. Geraci and Valerie J. Lounsbury
Hearing
Sirpa Nummela
Hindlimb Anatomy
Peter J. Adam
History of Marine Mammal Research
Bernd Würsig and William F. Perrin
Hooded Seal
Cystophora cristata
Kit M. Kovacs
Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger
R. Natalie P. Goodall
Humpback Dolphins
Guido J. Parra and Graham J. B Ross
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Phillip J. Clapham
Hunting of Marine Mammals
Randall R. Reeves
Hybridism
Martine Berube
Identification Methods
Randall S. Wells
Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale
Indopacetus pacificus
Robert Pitman
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops aduncus
John Y. Wang and Shih-Chu Yang
Indo-West Pacific, Marine Mammals
Peter Rudolph and Chris Smeenk
Intelligence and Cognition
Bernd Würsig
International Whaling Commission
J.P. Donovan
Inuit and Marine Mammals
Stephen A. MacLean, Anne M. Jensen and Glenn W. Sheehan
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Brian D. Smith
Japanese Whaling
Toshio Kasuya
Killer Whale
Orcinus orca
John K.B. Ford
Krill and Other Plankton
Roger Hewitt and Jessica D. Lipsky
Language Learning and Cognitive Skills
Louis M. Herman
Locomotion, Terrestrial
Thomas A. Deméré and Joshua H. Yonas
Leopard Seal
Hydrurga leptonyx
Tracey L. Rogers
Male Reproductive Systems
Shannon Atkinson
Management
Jay Barlow
Manatees
Trichechus manatus, T. senegalensis, and T. inunguis
John E. Reynolds, III, James A. Powell and Cynthia R. Taylor
Marine Parks and Zoos
Daniel K. Odell and Loran Wlodarski
Marine Protected Areas
Erich Hoyt
Mark and Recapture Methods
Phipip S. Hammond
Mass Die-offs
John Harwood and Ailsa Hall
Mass Stranding
Brownell, P
Mating System
Sarah L. Mesnick and Katherine Ralls
Melon-headed Whale
Peponocephala electra
Wayne L. Perryman
Mesoplodont Whales
Mesoplodon spp.
Robert Pitman
Migration and Movement Patterns
S. Jonathan Stern
Mimicry
Peter L. Tyack
Minke Whales
Balaenoptera acutorostrata and B. bonaerensis
William F. Perrin and Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Molecular Ecology
A. Rus Hoelzel
Monk Seals
Monachus monachus, M. tropicalis, and M. schauinslandi.
William G. Gilmartin and Jaume Forcada
Musculature
J. G. M. Thewissen
Museums and Collections
John E. Heyning
Mysticete Evolution
Annalisa Berta and Thomas A. Demeret
Narwhal
Monodon monoceros
M. P. Heide-Jorgensen
Neoceti
R. Ewan Fordyce
New Zealand Sea Lion
Phocarctos hookeri
Nicholas J. Gales
Noise, Effects of
Bernd Würsig and W. John Richardson
North Atlantic Marine Mammals
Gordon T. Waring and Debra L. Palka
North Pacific Marine Mammals
Sergio Escorza-Trevino
Northern Fur Seal
Roger L. Gentry
Ocean Environment
Paul C. Fiedler
Odobenocetops
Christian de Muizon
Omura's whale
Balaenoptera omurai
Tadasu K. Yamada
Osmoregulation
Daniel P. Costa
Otters, Marine
J.A. Estes, J.L. Bodkin and M. Ben-David
Pacific White-sided Dolphins
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Nancy A. Black
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Stenella attenuata
William F. Perrin
Parasites
J. Antonio Raga, Mercedes Fernández, Juan A. Balbuena, and F. Javier Aznar
Parental Behavior
Janet Mann
Pathology
Daniel F. Cowan
Peale's Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus australis
R. Natalie P. Goodall
Pilot Whales
Globicephala melas and G. macrorhynchus
Paula A. Olson
Pinnepedia, Overview
Annalisa Berta
Pinnipedia Ecology
W. D. Bowen, C. A. Beck and D. A. Austin
Pinnipedia, Evolution
Annalisa Berta
Pinnipedia Life History
Ian L. Boyd
Pinnipedia Physiology
Daniel E. Crocker Daniel P. Costa
Playful Behavior
Bernd Wursig
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
Ian Stirling
Pollution and Marine Mammals
Peter J.H. Reijnders
Popular Culture and Literature
Paul H. Forestell
Population Dynamics
Paul R. Wade
Population Status and Trends
Jay Barlow and Randall R. Reeves
Porpoises, Overview
Andrew J. Read
Predation on Marine Mammals
David W. Weller
Predator-Prey Relationships
Andrew W. Trites
Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales
Kogia breviceps and K. sima
Donald F. McAlpine
Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata
Meghan A. Donahue and Wayne L. Perryman
Pygmy Right Whale
Caperea marginata
Catherine Kemper
Remoras
Dagmar Fertl and André M. Landry, Jr
Reproductive Behavior
Michael A. Fedak, Ben Wilson and Paddy P. Pomeroy
Ribbon Seal
Histriophoca fasciata
Lloyd Lowry and Peter Boveng
Right Whale Dolphins
Lissodelphis borealis and L. peronii
Jessica D. Lipsky
Right Whales
Eubalaena glacialis, E. japonica, and E. australis
Robert D. Kenney
Ringed Seal
Pusa hispida
M.O. Hammill
Risso's Dolphin
Grampus griseus
Robin W. Baird
River Dolphins
Randall R. Reeves and Anthony R Martin
River Dolphins, Evolutionary History and Affinities
Christian de Muizon
Rookeries
George Anthony Antonelis
Ross Seal
Jeanette A. Thomas and Tracey Rogers
Rough-toothed Dolphin
Thomas A. Jefferson
Scrimshaw
Stuart M. Frank
Sealions, Overview
Daryl J. Boness
Sei Whale
Balaenoptera borealis
Joseph Horwood
Sensory Biology, Overview
J. G. M Thewissen
Sexual Dimorphism
Katherine Ralls and Sarah Mesnick
Shepherd's Beaked Whale
Tasmacetus shepherdi
James G. Mead
Signature Whistles
Laela S. Sayigh and Vincent M. Janik
Sirenian Evolution
Daryl P. Domning
Sirenian Life History
Daniel K. Odell
Skeletal Anatomy
Sentiel Rommel and John E. Reynolds
Skull Anatomy
Sentiel Rommel, D. Ann Pabst, and William A. McLellan
Sociobiology
Fritz Trillmilch
Song
Jim Darling
Sound Production
Adam S. Frankel
South American Marine Mammals
Enrique A. Crespo
South American Sea Lion
Otaria flavescens
Humberto Luis Cappozzo and Wiliam F. Perrin
Southern Fur Seals
ARCTOCEPHALUS SPP
John P. Y. Arnould
Species
William F. Perrin
Spectacled Porpoise
Phocoena dioptrica
R. Natalie P. Goodall
Speed
Frank E. Fish
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Hal Whitehead
Sperm Whales, Evolution
Guram A. Mchedlidze
Spermaceti
Dale W. Rice
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
William F. Perrin
Steller's Sea Cow
Hydrodamalis gigas
Paul K. Anderson and Daryl P. Domning
Steller's Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus
Thomas R. Loughlin
Stock Assessment
Jeffrey M. Breiwick and Anne E. York
Stock Identity
John Y. Wang
Stranding
William F. Perrin and Joseph R. Geraci
Streamlining
Frank E. Fish
Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba
Frederick I. Archer II
Surveys
Karin A Forney
Sustainability
Charles W. Fowler and Michael A. Etnier
Susu and Bhulan
Platanista gangetica gangetica and P. g. minor
Brian D. Smith and Gillian T. Braulik
Swimming
Terrie M. Williams
Systematics, Overview
Annalisa Berta
Telemetry
Andrew J. Read
Territorial Behavior
Edward H. Miller
Thermoregulation
Michael Castellini
Thorax and Abdomen Anatomy
John E. Reynolds and Sentiel Rommell
Tool-use in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins
Janet Mann and Brooke Sargeant
Toothed Whales, Overview
Sascha K. Hooker
Training
Ted Turner, Todd Feucht, and Tyler Turner
Tucuxi
Paulo A. C Flores and Vera M. F. Da Silva
Tuna-Dolphin Issue
Tim Gerrodette
Vaquita
Phocoena sinus
Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho and Armando M. Jaramillo-Legorreta
Vision
Alla M. Mass and Alexander Ya. Supin
Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Ronald A. Kastelein
Weddell Seal
Leptonychotes weddellii
Jeanette A. Thomas and Jack Terhune
Whale Lice
Carl J. Pfeiffer
Whale Watching
Erich Hoyt
Whaling, Early and Aboriginal
Richard Ellis
Whaling, in the Azores
Richard Ellis
Whaling, Illegal and Pirate
Robert L. Brownell and Alexey V. Yablokov
Whaling, Modern
Phillip J. Clapham and C. Scott Baker
Whaling, Traditional
Richard Ellis
White-beaked Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Carl Christian Kinze
Product details
- No. of pages: 1352
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2008
- Published: November 24, 2008
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080919935
About the Editors
Bernd Wursig
Bernd Würsig, his students, and postdocs have studied marine mammals and sea birds on all continents, with present work mainly on dusky dolphins in diverse habitats of New Zealand, and beleaguered Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins of Hong Kong. His specialties are behavior and social strategies, especially as related to human disturbance. He has published and co-published about 180 peer review papers, over 50 popular articles, and 7 books. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine Biology of Texas A&M University at Galveston.
Affiliations and Expertise
Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine Biology of Texas A&M University at Galveston.
William Perrin
Affiliations and Expertise
National Marine Fisheries Service, La Jolla, CA, USA
Bernd Wursig
Bernd Würsig, his students, and postdocs have studied marine mammals and sea birds on all continents, with present work mainly on dusky dolphins in diverse habitats of New Zealand, and beleaguered Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins of Hong Kong. His specialties are behavior and social strategies, especially as related to human disturbance. He has published and co-published about 180 peer review papers, over 50 popular articles, and 7 books. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine Biology of Texas A&M University at Galveston.
Affiliations and Expertise
Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine Biology of Texas A&M University at Galveston.
J. Thewissen
J. G. M. ‘Hans’ Thewissen studies the evolution, anatomy and embryology of marine mammals, and has travelled the world to study fossil and living whales. His work with the sense organs of modern whales explores the impact of global change on marine mammal populations. He co-edited the three editions of Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals and wrote a popular book on whale evolution: The Walking Whales.
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, USA
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TanyaSmart Sat Dec 22 2018
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
Wonderfully informative though some articles show the bias of the writer rather than full information. While I realize that the contents page is topic specific, an index would have been useful to find specific information.