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The Whale Problem : A Status Report / William E. Schevill.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baleines.
- Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin.
- Mamiferos (Biologia).
- Wale.
- Whales.
- Wildlife conservation.
- Cetacea -- congresses.
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.
- Schevill, William Edward, 1906-.
- Local Subjects:
- Cetacea -- congresses.
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.
- Schevill, William Edward, 1906-.
- Whales.
- Wildlife conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 p.): 1 Frontispiz, zahlr. Abb.
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Whales--are they destined for immediate extinction or will a workable method of controlling their harvest soon appear? In an attempt to answer these and other biological questions related to whaling, the U.S. Department of the Interior, New York Zoological Society, Smithsonian Institution, International Biological Program, and several other organizations sponsored an international conference on the biology of whales in June 1971. The conference brought together experts on cetacean biology and population dynamics of whale stocks and relevant aspects of their biology. This volume collects papers written for that conference by nineteen authors representing eight nations. The topics discussed include cetacean biology and natural history; methods of estimating the numbers of whales; population counts before, during, and after intensive whaling; recovery rates as whaling diminishes or stops; improved ways of managing whales as a resource; and suggestions for further research. There is in addition a historical chapter on the International Whaling Commission, its failures and its positive accomplishments.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- PART ONE. Conference Summary
- PART TWO. Current Status
- CHAPTER 1. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WHALES IN RELATION TO BASIC PRODUCTIVITY / Gulland, J. A.
- CHAPTER 2. STATUS OF THE WHALE POPULATIONS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND CURRENT RESEARCH / Best, Peter B.
- CHAPTER 3. A. THE FIN AND SEI WHALE STOCKS OFF DURBAN / Gambell, Ray
- Chapte 3 Β. SPERM WHALES OFF DURBAN / Gambell, Ray
- CHAPTER 4. ON WHALE EXPLOITATION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN / Jonsgärd, Age
- CHAPTER 5. PRESENT STATUS OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FIN AND OTHER WHALE STOCKS* / Mitchell, Edward
- CHAPTER 6. WHALES AND WHALE RESEARCH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC Dale W. Rice / Rice, Dale W.
- CHAPTER 7. RESEARCH ON WHALE BIOLOGY OF JAPAN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NORTH PACIFIC STOCKS / Omura, Hideo / Ohsumi, Seiji
- CHAPTER 8. BALEEN WHALES OFF CONTINENTAL CHILE / Aguayo L., Anelio
- CHAPTER 9. STATUS OF ANTARCTIC RORQUAL STOCKS / Chapman, D. G.
- CHAPTER 10. WHALE POPULATIONS AND CURRENT RESEARCH OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA / Bannister, J. L.
- PART THREE. Biology
- CHAPTER 11. THE BIOLOGY OF THE SPERM WHALE AS IT RELATES TO STOCK MANAGEMENT / Best, Peter B.
- CHAPTER 12. THE RELATION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHALES TO THEIR MANAGEMENT / Bartholomew, G. A.
- PART FOUR. Management and Conservation
- PART FIVE. Field Methods
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-36712-X
- OCLC:
- 1013938525
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