Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780520321373
Edition
1
Topic
Ciencias biológicas
Subtopic
Zoología

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents 1
  5. PART I Systematics, Distribution, and Natural History
  6. 1 Chairman’s Introduction to First Session of International Symposium on Cetacean Research
  7. 2 Comments on the Delphinoidea
  8. 3 Diagnoses and Distributions of Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon Known from North American Waters
  9. 4 A Synopsis of the Genus Kogia (Pygmy Sperm Whales)
  10. 5 Bryde’s Whale in the Northwest Pacific
  11. 6 The Pygmy Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda, a New Subspecies from the Antarctic
  12. 7 The Distribution of Balaenopteridae in the North Atlantic Ocean
  13. 8 The Distribution of Southern Blue and Fin Whales
  14. 9 The Seasonal Migratory Cycle of Humpback Whales
  15. 10 Distribution and Migration of the Larger Cetaceans in the North Pacific as Shown by Japanese Whaling Results
  16. 11 A Discussion of Rarities among the Smaller Cetaceans Caught in Japanese Waters
  17. PART II Anatomy, Physiology, and Sea Animal Propulsion
  18. 12 The Anatomy of the Spinal Cord of the Pacific Striped Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
  19. 13 Specialized Features of the Cetacean Brain
  20. 14 Some Functional and Structural Characteristics of Cetacean Flippers and Flukes
  21. 15 Functional Morphology of the Reproductive System in Cetacea
  22. 16 Anatomy and Physiology of the Outer and Middle Ear in Cetaceans
  23. 17 Elective Regulation of the Circulation in Diving Animals‡
  24. 18 Thermal Regulation in Cetaceans§
  25. 19 Hydrodynamic Analysis of Cetacean Performance
  26. PART III Underwater Observation and Recording
  27. 20A Pickup, Analysis, and Interpretation of Underwater Acoustic Data
  28. 20B Telemetering Physiological Information from within Cetaceans, and the Applicability of Ultrasound to Understanding in vivo Structure and Performance
  29. 20C Listening to Cetaceans††
  30. 20D Sea Animal—Locomotion and Fish-Propulsion Studies
  31. 20E Instrument Packaging and Telemetry
  32. 20F Acoustic-Video Techniques for the Observation of Cetaceans§§
  33. 20G Instrumentation for Ecological Studies
  34. PART IV Communication
  35. 21 Sonic-Ultrasonic Emissions of the Bottlenose Dolphin
  36. 22 Physeter Clicks***
  37. 23 Cetacean Communication: Small-Group Experiment
  38. 24 Information in the Human Whistled Language and Sea Mammal Whistling
  39. 25 Problems in Cetacean and Other Mammalian Communication
  40. PART V Echolocation and Recognition
  41. 26 Listening Underwater: Thoughts on Sound and Cetacean Hearing
  42. 27 Navigation in Cetacea
  43. 28 Acoustic Signals of the Pilot Whale Globicephala melaena and of the Porpoises Delphinus delphis and Phocoena phocoena
  44. PART VI Practical Problems
  45. 29 Round Table: Practical Problems
  46. PART VII Behavior
  47. 30 Behavior of the Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon L.
  48. 31 Behavior of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Turswps truncatus): Social Interactions in a Captive Colony
  49. 32 Visual Discrimination and Problem Solving in a Bottlenose Dolphin
  50. 33 Epimeletic (Care-giving) Behavior in Cetacea