Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals/Энциклопедия морских млекопитающих

Книга на английском языке.
Combining excellent science with accessible style, the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals is an indispensable resource on the fascinating warm-blooded creatures of the sea. The contributions of more than 200 leading international authorities have made this single volume the guide for studyig the entire range of marine mammals.
Organized alphabetically, more the 280 articles are devoted to wide range of topics - from the specific behavior and physiology of cetaceans and pinnipeds, to ecology, population biology, human effects and interaction, and research methodology.
Up-to-date, accessible, and scientifically sound, the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals will occupy a central place in any marine science library.

Contents
Contents by Subject Area
Contributors
Preface
Guide to the Encyclopedia
Abundance Estimation
Age Estimation
Aggressive Behavior (Intraspecific)
Albinism
Amazon River Dolphin
Ambergris
Anatomical Dissection: Thorax and Abdomen
Antarctic Marine Mammals
Archaeocetes, Archaic
Arctic Marine Mammals
Artiodactyla
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Australian Sea Lion
Baculum
Baiji
Baleen
Baleen Whales (Mysticetes)
Baleen Whales, Archaic
Barnacles
Basilosaurids
Beaked Whales, Overview
Bearded Seal
Behavior, Overview
Beluga Whale
Biogeography
Bioluminescence
Biomagnetism
Blowing
Blubber
Blue Whale
Bottlenose Dolphins
Bottlenose Whales
Bowhead Whale
Bow-Riding
Brain
Brain Size Evolution
Breaching
Breathing
Breeding Sites
Bryde's Whales
Burmeister's Porpoise
California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions
Callosities
Captive Breeding
Captivity
Carnivora
Cephalorhynchus Dolphins
Cetacea, Overview
Cetacean Ecology
Cetacean Evolution
Cetacean Life History
Cetacean Physiology, Overview
Circulatory System
Classification
Clymene Dolphin
Coloration
Common Dolphins
Communication
Competition with Fisheries
Conservation Biology
Conservation Efforts
Convergent Evolution
Courtship Behavior
Crabeater Seal
Culture in Whales and Dolphins
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Dall's Porpoise
Delphinids, Overview
Delphinoids, Evolution of the Modern Families
Dental Morphology (Cetacean), Evolution of
Desmostylia
Dialects
Diet
Distribution
Diving Behavior
Diving Physiology
Dugong
Eared Seals (Otariidae)
Earless Seals (Phocidae)
Echolocation
Ecology, Overview
Elephant Seals
Endangered Species and Populations
Endocrine Systems
Energetics
Entrapment and Entanglement
Estrus and Estrous Behavior
Ethics and Marine Mammals
Evolutionary Biology, Overview
Extinctions, Specific
False Killer Whale
Feeding Strategies and Tactics
Female Reproductive Systems
Filter Feeding
Finless Porpoise
Fin Whale
Fisheries, Interference with
Fishing Industry, Effects of Fluking
Folklore and Legends
Forensic Genetics
Fossil Record
Fossil Sites
Franciscana
Fraser's Dolphin
Gastrointestinal Tract
Genetics, Overview
Genetics for Management
Geographic Variation
Geological Time Scale
Giant Beaked Whales
Gray Seal
Gray Whale
Group Behavior
Habitat Pressures
Hair and Fur
Harbor Porpoise
Harbor Seal and Spotted Seal
Harp Seal
Health
Hearing
Hippopotamus
History of Marine Mammal Research
Hooded Seal
Hourglass Dolphin
Humpback Dolphins
Humpback Whale
Hunting of Marine Mammals
Hybridism
Identification Methods
Illegal and Pirate Whaling
Incidental Catches
Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale
Indo-West Pacific Marine Mammals
Infanticide and Abuse of Young
Intelligence and Cognition
International Whaling Commission
limit and Marine Mammals
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Japanese Whaling
Kentriodontidae
Kidney, Structure and Function
Killer Whale
Krill
Language Learning
Leaping Behavior
Leopard Seal
Lobtailing
Locomotion, Terrestrial
Lutrinae
Male Reproductive Systems
Mammalia
Management
Manatees
Marine Parks and Zoos
Mating Systems
Melon-Headed Whale
Mesonychia
Mesoplodont Whales
Migration and Movement Patterns
Mimicry
Minke Whales
Molecular Ecology
Monk Seals
Morphology, Functional
Musculature
Museums and Collections
Mustelidae
Narwhal
Neoceti
New Zealand Sea Lion
Noise, Effects of
North Atlantic Marine Mammals
North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Southern Right Whales
Northern Fur Seal
North Pacific Marine Mammals
Ocean Environment
Odobenocetops
Origins of Marine Mammals
Osmoregulation
Otters
Pacific White-Sided Dolphin and Dusky Dolphin
Paenungulates
Paleontology
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Parasites
Parental Behavior
Pathology
Peale's Dolphin
Pelvic Anatomy
Perissodactyla
Pilot Whales
Pinnipedia, Overview
Pinniped Ecology
Pinniped Evolution
Pinniped Life History
Pinniped Physiology
Plankton
Playful Behavior
Polar Bear
Pollution and Marine Mammals
Popular Culture and Literature
Population Dynamics
Population Status and Trends
Porpoises, Overview
Predation on Marine Mammals
Predator-Prey Relationships
Prenatal Development in Cetaceans
Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales
Pygmy Killer Whale
Pygmy Right Whale
Remoras
Reproductive Behavior
Ribbon Seal
Right Whale Dolphins
Ringed, Caspian, and Baikal Seals
Risso's Dolphin
River Dolphins
River Dolphins, Evolutionary History
River Dolphins, Relationships
Rookeries
Ross Seal
Rough-Toothed Dolphin
Scrimshaw
Sea Lions, Overview
Sei Whale
Sexual Dimorphism
Shepherd's Beaked Whale
Signature Whistles
Sirenian Evolution
Sirenian Life History
Skeletal Anatomy
Skull Anatomy
Sociobiology
Song
Sound Production
South American Aquatic Mammals
South American Sea Lion
Southern Fur Seals
Speciation
Species
Spectacled Porpoise
Speed
Spermaceti
Sperm Whale
Sperm Whales, Evolution
Spinner Dolphin
Steller's Sea Cow
Steller's Sea Lion
Stock Assessment
Stock Identity
Stranding
Streamlining
Striped Dolphin
Surveys
Sustainability
Susu and Bhulan
Swimming
Systematics, Overview
Teeth
Telemetry
Territorial Behavior
Tethytheria
Thermoregulation
Tool Use
Toothed Whales, Overview
Training
Tucuxi
Tuna-Dolphin Issue
Ursidae
Vaquita
Vision
Walrus
Weddell Seal
Whale Lice
Whale Watching
Whaling, Early and Aboriginal
Whaling, Traditional
Whaling, Modern
White-Beaked Dolphin
Marine Mammal Species
Biographies
Glossary
Index