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Whales and dolphins : behavior, biology, and distribution / Craig A. Murray, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Animal science, issues, and professions series.
- Animal science, issues and professions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cetacea.
- Whales--Behavior.
- Whales.
- Dolphins--Behavior.
- Dolphins.
- Whales--Geographical distribution.
- Dolphins--Geographical distribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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
- Chapter 3 ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE IN WHALES AND DOLPHINS
- Chapter 4 WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE PARASITE FAUNA OF CETACEANS: A PLEA FOR INTEGRATIVE STUDIES
- DO PARASITES MATTER?
- PARASITES AND VALUES
- THE VALUES OF PARASITES OF CETACEANS
- A PLEA FOR INTEGRATIVE STUDIES
- 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
- ODONTOCETI VS. MYSTICETI
- WITHIN THE MYSTICETI.
- IMPLICATIONS
- Chapter 6 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOLITARY AND GROUP TIME BUDGET IN THE ESTUARINE DOLPHIN (SOTALIA GUIANENSIS) AT NORTHEASTERN - BRAZIL
- MATERIALS AND METHODS
- Study Areas
- Data Collection
- Data Analyses
- RESULTS
- Time Budget
- Comparison between Periods
- INDEX
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61209-299-3
- OCLC:
- 682620521
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