Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals/Энциклопедия морских млекопитающих

Издание на английском языке
This book is the third edition of a work on marine mammals, and has been updated to reflect significant research progress since the previous edition. It contains new data on various species such as killer whales and new species such as the Deraniyagala whale. The book contains standardized descriptions of species and maps of their distribution, and also includes works by new authors who have added fresh ideas and data.

Contents
Contents by subject area
Contributors
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the first and second editions
Marine mammal species
Abundance Estimation
Aerial Behavior
Age Estimation
Aggressive Behavior, Intraspecific
Albinism
Amazon River Dolphin
Ambergris
Antarctic Fur Seal
Antarctic Marine Mammals
Archaeocetes, Archaic
Arctic Marine Mammals
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Australian Sea Lion
Australian Snubfin Dolphin
Baculum
Baiji
Baikal Seal
Balance
Baleen
Baleen Whales (Mysticeti)
Baleen Whales, Evolution
Barnacles
Basilosaurids and Kekenodontids
Beaked Whales, Overview
Bearded Seal
Behavior, Overview
Beluga Whale
Berardius Beaked Whales
Biogeography
Biotelemetry
Blubber
Blue Whale
Balaenoplera miiscidiis
Bones and Teeth, Histology of
Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncates, Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin, Tuniops aduncua, Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Bottlenose WhalesI SO
Bowhead Whale
Bow-Riding
Brain
Breathing
Bryde's Whale
Bataenoplem edeni
Burmeister’s Porpoise
Bycatch
California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions
Callosities
Cape and Australian Fur Seals
Captivity
Caspian Seal
Ctphalorhynchus Dolphins
Cetacean Ecology
Cetacean Evolution
Cetacean Life History
Cetartiodactyla
Circulatory System
Climate Change
Clymene Dolphin
Coloration
Common Dolphin
Communication
Conservation
Crabeater Seal
Culture and Social Learning
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Dall’s Porpoise
Delphinids, Overview
Dental Morphology
Desmostylia
Dialects
Diet
Distribution
Diving Behavior
Diving Physiology
Dolphins, Porpoises, and Monodontids, Evolution
Dugong
Dusky Dolphin
Eared Seals
Earless Seals
Echolocation
Ecology
Elephant Seals
Embryology
Endangered Species and Populations
Endocrine Systems
Energetics
Entanglement of Whales in Fishing Gear
Epimcletic Behavior
Ethics
Extinctions, Specific
False Killer Whale
Feeding Morphology
Feeding Strategies and Tactics
Filter Feeding
Fin Whale
Finless Porpoises
Fisheries Interactions
Folklore and Legends
Forelimb Anatomy.
Franciscana Dolphin
Fraser's Dolphin
Gastrointestinal Tract
Genetics and Genomics
Genetics, Forensics
Genetics, Management
Geographic Variation-
Gray Seal
Gray Whale
Group Behavior
Galapagos fur Seals
Habitat Pressures
Harbor Porpoise
Harbor Seal
Harp Seal
Health
Hearing
Hindlimb Anatomy
History of Marine Mammal Research
Hooded Seal
Hourglass Dolphin
Humpback Dolphins$
Humpback Whale
Hunting
Hybridism
Identification Methods
Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale
Intelligence
International Whaling Commission
Inuit and Marine Mammals.
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Killer Whale
Krill and Other Plankton
Language Learning and Cognitive Skills
Leopard Seal
Locomotion, Terrestrial
Management
Manatees
Marine Parks, Zoos, and Aquariums
Marine Protected Areas
Mark-Recapture
Mass Mortalities
Mating Systems
Melon-Headed Whale
Mesoplodon Beaked Whales
Migration and Movement
Mimicry
Minke Whales
Molecular Ecology
Monk Seals
Musculature
Museums and Collections
Narwhal
Neoceti
New Zealand Fur Seal
New Zealand Sea Lion
Noise
Northern Fur Seal
Ocean Environments
Odobcnocetops
Omura's Whale
Osmoregulation
Otters
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Parasites
Parental Behavior
Pathology
Pilot Whales
Pinniped Ecology
Pinniped Evolution
Pinniped Life History
Pinniped PhysiolOgy
Pinnipcds
Playful Behavior
Polar Bear
Pollution
Popular Culture and Literature
Population Dynamics
Porpoises, Overview
Predation on Marine Mammals
Predator-Prey Relationships
Prey Consumption
Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales
Pygmy Killer Whale
Pygmy Right Whale
Remoras
Reproductive Behavior
Reproductive Physiology
Ribbon Seal
Right Whale Dolphins
Right Whales
Ringed Seal
Risso's Dolphin
River Dolphins
River Dolphins, Evolution
Ross Seal
Rough-Toothed Dolphin
Scrimshaw
Sei Whale
Sensory Biology
Sexual Dimorphism
Shepherd’s Beaked Whale
Signature Whistles
Sirenian, Evolution
Sirenian Life History
Skeleton
Skull
Sociobiology
Song
Sound
Sound Paths, Cetaceans
South American Fur Seal
South American Sea Lion
Species and Subspecies
Spectacled Porpoise
Sperm and Beaked Whales, Evolution
Sperm Whale
Spinner Dolphin
Spotted Seal
StellerSea Lion
Steller’s Sea Cow
Stock Assessment
Strandings
Streamlining
Striped Dolphin
Subantarctic Fur Seal
Surveys
Sustainability
Susu and Bhulan
Swimming
Systematics
Territorial Behavior
Thermoregulation
Thorax and Abdomen, Anatomy
Tool Use
Toothed Whales (Odolltoceti)
Tourism
Training
Tucuxi and Guiana Dolphins
Tuna-Dolphin Issue
Vaquita
Vision
Walrus
Weddell Seal
Whale Lice
Whaling, Aboriginal, and Western Traditional
Whaling, Illegal and Pirate
Whaling, Japanese
Whaling, Modern
Whiskers
White-Beaked Dolphin
Biographies
Glossary
Index