Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
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Mark Carwardine (Útgáfa: 1)
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'Everyone who loves the sea and what's in it should own this book. ' - Bill Bryson From the blue whale to the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, this handbook is the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date reference to each of the world's 90 species of cetaceans. With more than 1,000 meticulous and specially commissioned illustrations – complete with flukes, blows and dive sequences – it includes detailed annotations pointing out significant field marks, as well as extensive distribution and migration maps.
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- Bloomsbury UK
- 9781472908155
- 9781472908148
- ePub
- 1
- Mark Carwardine
- English
- 2019-11-28
- 100
- 2
- 2
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- How to use this book
- The challenges of identification
- Introduction to the 14 cetacean families
- Information for working at sea
- Cetacean topography
- Barnacles to whale lice
- Quick ID guides
- Bow-riding dolphins and porpoises
- Identifying whales by their flukes
- Identifying whales by their blows
- North Atlantic Ocean
- South Atlantic Ocean
- North Pacific Ocean
- South Pacific Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- Right and bowhead whales (family Balaenidae)
- Pygmy right whale (family Neobalaenidae)
- Grey whale (family Eschrichtiidae)
- Rorquals (family Balaenopteridae)
- Sperm whales (families Physeteridae, Kogiidae)
- Narwhal and beluga (family Monodontidae)
- Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae)
- Blackfish (family Delphinidae)
- Shorter-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae)
- Longer-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae)
- River dolphins (families Platanistidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, Lipotidae)
- Porpoises (family Phocoenidae)
- Caring for whales, dolphins and porpoises
- Glossary
- Species checklist
- Conversion units
- Sources and resources
- Artists’ biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Image credits
- eCopyright