The bowhead whale : balaena mysticetus : biology and human interactions /

The Bowhead Whale: Balaena mysticetus: Biology and Human Interactions covers bowhead biology from their anatomy and behavior, to conservation, distribution, ecology and evolution. The book also discusses the biological and physical aspects of the Arctic ecosystem in which these whales live, with car...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: George, J. C., Thewissen, J. G. M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Bowhead whale.
Human-animal relationships > Arctic regions.
Baleine du Groenland.
Relations homme-animal > Arctique.
Human-animal relationships.
Arctic Regions.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Basic biology: Higher level phylogeny of baleen whales
  • Fossil record
  • The stocks of bowheads
  • Distribution and behavior of Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort bowhead whales as inferred by telemetry
  • Distribution, migrations, and ecology of the Atlantic and the Okhotsk Sea populations
  • Abundance
  • Life history, growth, and form
  • Prenatal development
  • Anatomy of skull and mandible
  • Postcranial skeleton and musculature
  • Hematology, serum, and urin composition
  • Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system
  • Female and male reproduction
  • Anatomy and function of feeding
  • Cardiovascular and pulmonary systems
  • Thermoregulation and energetics
  • Brain
  • Sensory systems
  • Endocrinology and blubber physiology
  • Molecular insights into anatomy and physiology
  • Age estimation
  • Acoustic behavior
  • Natural and potentially disturbed behavior of bowhead whales
  • Ecological variation in the western Beaufort Sea.
  • Section II: The bowhead ecosystem: Physical oceanography
  • Biological environment
  • Bowhead whale ecology in changing high-latitude ecosystems
  • Diet and prey
  • Predators and impacts of predation
  • Diseases and parasites.
  • Section III: Interactions with humans: Whale hunting in Indigenous Arctic cultures
  • Current indigenous whaling
  • Commercial whaling
  • Indigenous knowledge in research and management
  • Effects of noise
  • Fishing gear entanglement and vessel collisions
  • Contaminants
  • Conservation and management
  • Past, present, and future.

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