Britain's Sea Mammals : Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, and Seals and Where to Find Them
Britain's Sea Mammals is the essential field guide to all the sea mammals--whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals--found in coastal Britain. The book features more than 100 stunning photographs and close to 40 detailed and beautiful illustrations of 34 species of sea mammals, paying special att...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About this guide; The seas around Britain and Ireland; What is a marine mammal; Pinnipeds; Cetaceans; Marine mammal families; Observing marine mammals; Where and when to look; How to look; What to look for: identification; What to look for: behaviour; Where to watch Britain's marine mammals; Locations: Seals; Britain; Locations: Cetaceans; South West England; Wales; Ireland; North Sea coast; Orkney & Shetland; Western Scotland; BRITAIN'S SEA MAMMALS; BRITAIN'S SEALS; Common or Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina; Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus.
- Differentiating Common and Grey SealsRare seals; Walrus Odobenus rosmarus; Ringed Seal Phoca hispida; Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus; Harp Seal Phoca groenlandica; Hooded Seal Cystophora cristata; BRITAIN'S CETACEANS; Regularly occurring cetaceans; Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus; Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae; Killer Whale or Orca Orcinus orca; Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas; Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis; Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus; Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus.
- Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutusWhite-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris; Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena; Deepwater cetaceans; Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis; Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus; Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus; Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris; Mesoplodon beaked whales; Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba; Rare cetaceans; North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis; Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus; Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps; Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima; Beluga Delphinapterus leucas.
- Narwhal Monodon monocerosFalse Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens; Melon-headed Whale Peponocephala electra; Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei; Threats and conservation Threats and conservation; Recording and getting involved; Stranded cetaceans and marine mammal rescue; Observation guidelines; Observation guidelines: seals
- on land; Observation guidelines: sea vessels
- at sea; Further reading; Useful addresses and web resources; Photographic and artwork credits; Acknowledgements; Index of English and scientific names.