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Author : Andrew J. Read
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789072743077
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Biology of the Harbour Porpoise written by Andrew J. Read and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annemarie Surlykke
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1461491460
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Biosonar written by Annemarie Surlykke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two groups of animals, bats and odontocetes (toothed whales), have independently developed the ability to orient and detect prey by biosonar (echolocation). This active mechanism of orientation allows these animals to operate under low light conditions. Biosonar is a conceptual overview of what is known about biosonar in bats and odontocetes. Chapters are written by bat and odontocetes experts, resulting in collaborations that not only examine data on both animals, but also compare and contrast mechanisms. This book provides a unique insight that will help improve our understanding of biosonar in both animal groups.
Author : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782880329365
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World written by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1991 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruno Cozzi
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0124076556
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Anatomy of Dolphins written by Bruno Cozzi and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anatomy of Dolphins: Insights into Body Structure and Function is a precise, detailed, fully illustrated, descriptive, and functionally oriented text on the anatomy and morphology of dolphins. It focuses on a number of delphinid species, with keynotes on important dolphin-like genera, such as the harbor porpoise. It also serves as a useful complement for expanding trends and emphases in molecular biology and genetics. The authors share their life-long expertise on marine mammals in various disciplines. Written as a team rather than being prepared as a collection of separate contributions, the result is a uniform and comprehensive style, giving each of the different topics appropriate space. Many color figures, which use the authors' access to wide collections of unique dolphin and whale material, round out this exceptional offering to the field. - Includes high-quality illustrations, drawings, halftone artwork, photographic documentations, microphotos, and tables detailing dolphin anatomy, function, and morphology - Facilitates education and training of students of all basic research and applied sciences dedicated to marine biology and the medical care of marine mammals - Brings together the current knowledge and information on this topic, including those in obscure past or non-English publications, or scattered in short chapters in volumes - Covers a number of delphinid species and serves as a useful complement for expanding trends in molecular biology and genetics
Author : A. Schytte Blix
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080543790
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Whales, Seals, Fish and Man written by A. Schytte Blix and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1995-10-06 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume outlines the major findings from the Norwegian research programme on whales and seals in Norwegian waters. A wide range of topics are covered, including physiological aspects, social organization, population dynamics, stock assessment and management. The book will be of great value to scientists and managers, as well as to members of the general public interested in environmental issues.
Author : Gregory P. Donovan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Biology of the Phocoenids written by Gregory P. Donovan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph R. Geraci
Publisher : National Aquarium in Baltimore
ISBN 13 : 0977460908
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (774 download)
Download or read book Marine Mammals Ashore written by Joseph R. Geraci and published by National Aquarium in Baltimore. This book was released on 2005 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.
Author : Tina Kesselring
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Analysis of the Reproductive Biology of Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena Phocoena) from the North and Baltic Sea on a Long-term Basis written by Tina Kesselring and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As top predators and the only native cetacean species, harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) play an important role in the German oceanic ecosystems. Due to the fact, that harbour porpoises are already exposed to numerous anthropogenic influences, the reproductive lifespan is a sensitive time frame and reproductive health might be the key to a stabile population size in the German ocean areas. This study focussed on the macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the reproductive organs of both, female and male individuals from the North and Baltic Seas. With these analyses it was possible to obtain data on life history events like postnatal gonadal development, age at sexual maturity and seasonality. For female harbour porpoises, we investigated the first signs of sexual maturity for a period of almost two decades (1990 - 2016). Ovaries from 111 female harbour porpoises from the German North and Baltic Sea were examined for the presence and morphological structure of follicles, corpora lutea and corpora albicantia. These specimens were selected by the criteria of status of decomposition in order to exclude biases due to poor tissue preservation. Based on the ovarian characteristics we performed the first model-based estimation of age at sexual maturity for harbour porpoises from German waters. Additionally, we produced a demographical age structure based on all female strandings and bycatches from German coasts. For males, the testes of 127 harbour porpoises from the North and Baltic Sea that became stranded or by-caught in the years 1998 to 2016 were histologically examined. For the identification of changes in testes morphology and morphometry of adult harbour porpoises during the course of the year, special characteristics like germ cell associations (stages) and diameter of seminiferous tubules were noted for each month. Our results of the examination of female harbour porpoises showed that corpora lutea and corpora albicantia as signs of former ovulation events could be found in individuals at an age of 4.95 (± 0.6) years. No significant differences between specimens from the North and Baltic Sea were detected. However, the average age at death differed significantly with 5.70 (± 0.27) years for North Sea animals and 3.67 (± 0.30) years for those in the Baltic Sea. The histological analysis of the testes showed that first signs of sexual maturity could be detected in animals older than three years, while individuals older than four years could be listed as 'adults', showing a staging of spermatogenesis and a seasonal circle. Since more than one stage of spermatogenesis could be found per cross section of the seminiferous tubules of adult harbour porpoises, these results are similar to findings in men and some ape species. This rare phenomenon is called multi-stage-arrangement. In sexually active males from the high breeding season (June and July) eight stages of spermatogenesis were identified and all stages occurred simultaneously, while during the non-breeding season (August to May) only residual spermatogenesis or constituent germ cell populations were found. In addition, an increasing number of missing germ cell generations from August to September was encountered. Our studies provide a detailed description and analysis of the functional anatomy and histology of the female and male reproductive organs of harbour porpoises and might serve as baseline studies for further investigations that deal with effects of anthropogenic influences on the reproductive system of this top predator in the German North and Baltic Sea, the harbour porpoise.
Author : Aidan Bodeo-Lomicky
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781507755778
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (557 download)
Download or read book The Vaquita written by Aidan Bodeo-Lomicky and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vaquita is a book about the world's most endangered marine mammal, the Vaquita porpoise. Less than 100 remain, and this book provides information on their biology as well has how to help them. Complete with original illustrations and poetry, this book is great for anyone interested in the natural world.
Author : Randall R. Reeves
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 2831706564
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Dolphins, Whales, and Porpoises written by Randall R. Reeves and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2003 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vasilis D. Valavanis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402091419
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean written by Vasilis D. Valavanis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proper designation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) is a highly important spatial measure in any management of fishery resources. EFH is defined as those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity, a definition that includes the physical, chemical and biological properties of marine areas and the associated sediment and biological assemblages that sustain fish populations throughout their full life cycle. This book presents latest advances in EFH mapping and modelling and introduces the environmental approach to EFH identification through the combined use of latest technologies and advanced techniques, such as Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics. The contents of this book include overviews and comparisons of different approaches on species habitat modelling, methods to identify teleconnection patterns between large-scale meteo-oceanic phenomena and local environmental variation, and EFH maps for cephalopod, shrimp, hake, anchovy, sardine, and swordfish resources in the Mediterranean. The aims of this book are to provide accumulated knowledge on marine species essential habitat mapping and to be a source for further developments in the important topic of marine resource management.
Author : Jake McGowan-Lowe
Publisher : Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781848988521
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Jake's Bones written by Jake McGowan-Lowe and published by Ticktock Books, Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.
Author : Peter G.H. Evans
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780306465734
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (657 download)
Download or read book Marine Mammals written by Peter G.H. Evans and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of marine mammal science has made enormous strides in the last ten years as well as attracting a large amount of interest, due no doubt to the public appeal of whales, dolphins, and seals, which are never out of media attention. The purpose of this book is to review key topics through chapters on the major disciplines from invited authorities around the world. Subjects covered include evolution and genetics, life histories, ecology, physiology, behaviour, medicine (diseases, parasitology), survey methodology, and all the main conservation issues (pollution, fisheries interactions, and sound disturbance). The book has an ecological and conservation emphasis since these are subject areas calling for the most attention in the modern world, but other areas such as evolution, physiology, and medicine are also given in-depth treatment. The book is written at the level of the undergraduate or above, although its style should appeal to anyone with a serious interest in marine mammal science.
Author : James B. Reid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Atlas of Cetacean Distribution in North-west European Waters written by James B. Reid and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the distribution of 28 cetacean species that are known to have occurred in the waters off north-west Europe. Individual chapters cover particular species in detail, spanning identification, behaviour and social organisation, diet and habitat preferences, worldwide distribution and population status.
Author : Whitlow W.L. Au
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461243564
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)
Download or read book The Sonar of Dolphins written by Whitlow W.L. Au and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary ability of dolphins to echolocate has fascinated scientists and the public since its discovery in the late 1950's. This is the first book to summarize modern research in this area, and presents a broad synthesis of this very interdisciplinary subject. The author is an internationally-recognized expert on dolphin sonar and is thus in a unique position to bring together research on the physiological, mathematical and engineering aspects of the subject. Of interest to auditory researchers, electrical engineers, acoustical physicists, and mammalian physiologists.
Author : Sam H. Ridgway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Marine Mammals written by Sam H. Ridgway and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-three separate papers, each describing a single species.
Author : Brooke Bessesen
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610919319
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Vaquita written by Brooke Bessesen and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Intrepid conservation detective story." --Nature "A lucid, informed, and gripping account...a must-read." --Science "Passionate...a heartfelt and alarming tale." --Publishers Weekly "Gripping...a well-told and moving tale of environmentalism and conservation." --Kirkus "Compelling." --Library Journal In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inherited the dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Vaquita have been in decline for decades, dying in illegal gillnets intended for a giant fish, totoaba. Author Brooke Bessesen takes us to the Upper Gulf region in search of answers to a heart-wrenching dilemma. When diplomatic efforts to save the porpoise failed, Bessesen followed a scientific team in a binational effort to capture remaining vaquita and breed them in captivity--the only hope for their survival. In this fast-paced, soul-searing tale, she learned that there are no easy answers when extinction is profitable.
