Marine mammals of the world a comprehensive guide to their identification
With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine mammals alive in nature (at sea or on the beach), dead specimens "in hand", and also to identify marine mammals based on features of the skull....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Academic
2008, 2008
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Collection: | Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Basic marine mammal biology
- Taxonomic groupings above the species level
- Cetacean species accounts
- Pinniped species accounts
- Sirenian and other species accounts
- Extinct species accounts
- Dichotomous identification keys
- Summaries of characters for similar species
- Glossary of technical terms
- References
- Index, common names
- Index, scientific names
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-570) and indexes