North Atlantic right whales : from hunted leviathan to conservation icon /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laist, David W. (David Wallace), 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Northern right whale.
Northern right whale > Conservation.
Northern right whale > Pictorial works.
Baleine des Basques.
Baleine des Basques > Conservation.
Baleine des Basques > Ouvrages illustrés.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
Northern right whale
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Rescuing Nantucket; 2. What's in a Name?; 3. Foraging with a Smile; 4. Evolution; 5. The Origin of Whaling; 6. Medieval Whaling in Northern Europe; 7. Ghost Whalers; 8. Basque Whaling in Terranova; 9. The Dawn of International Whaling; 10. A Fitful Start for Colonial Whalers; 11. Long Island Whaling; 12. Cape Cod Whaling; 13. Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape May; 14. Whaling from the Carolinas to Florida; 15. Estimating Pre-exploitation Population Size; 16. A Second Chance.
  • 17. A Dedicated Recovery Program18. Nobody Wants to Hit a Whale; 19. Slow Speed Ahead; 20. Entanglement; 21. Oh, What a Tangled Web; 22. Ten Thousand Right Whales; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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