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Marine Mammals

Biology and Conservation

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Peter G. H. Evans

    1. Sea Watch Foundation, Oxford, England

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  2. Juan Antonio Raga

    1. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction - Life History and Ecology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-6
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    2. Life History Strategies of Marine Mammals

      • Peter G. H. Evans, Ian Stirling
      Pages 7-62

    3. How Persistent are Marine Mammal Habitats in an Ocean of Variability?

      • Arne Bjørge
      Pages 63-91

    4. Ecological Aspects of Reproduction of Marine Mammals

      • Christina Lockyer
      Pages 93-131

  3. Sensory Systems and Behaviour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-137
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    2. Sound and Cetaceans

      • Jonathan Gordon, Peter L. Tyack
      Pages 139-196

    3. Behavioural Ecology of Cetaceans

      • James R. Boran, Peter G. H. Evans, Martin J. Rosen
      Pages 197-242

    4. New Perspectives on the Behavioural Ecology of Pinnipeds

      • Humberto Luis Cappozzo
      Pages 243-263

  4. Survey and Study Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-268
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    2. Assessment of Marine Mammal Population Size and Status

      • Philip S. Hammond
      Pages 269-291

    3. Acoustic Techniques for Studying Cetaceans

      • Jonathan Gordon, Peter L. Tyack
      Pages 293-324

    4. Applications of Molecular Data in Cetacean Taxonomy and Population Genetics with Special Emphasis on Defining Species Boundaries

      • Michel C. Milinkovitch, Rick Leduc, Ralph Tiedemann, Andrew Dizon
      Pages 325-359

  5. Health, Parasites and Pathogens

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-364
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    2. Marine Mammal Health: Holding the Balance in an Ever-changing Sea

      • Joseph R. Geraci, Valerie J. Lounsbury
      Pages 365-383

    3. Living Together: The Parasites of Marine Mammals

      • F. Javier Aznar, Juan A. Balbuena, Mercedes Fernández, J. Antonio Raga
      Pages 385-423

    4. Marine Mammal Mass Mortalities

      • Mariano Domingo, Seamus Kennedy, Marie-Françoise van Bressem
      Pages 425-456

  6. Conservation and Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 457-462
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    2. Interactions Between Aquatic Mammals and Humans in the Context of Ecosystem Management

      • Enrique A. Crespo, Martín A. Hall
      Pages 463-490

    3. Environmentalists, Fishermen, Cetaceans and Fish: Is There a Balance and Can Science Help to Find it?

      • Martín A. Hall, G. P. Donovan
      Pages 491-521
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About this book

Interest in marine mammals has increased dramatically in the last few decades, as evidenced by the number of books, scientific papers, and conferences devoted to these animals. Nowadays, a conference on marine mammals can attract between one and two thousand scientists from around the world. This upsurge of interest has resulted in a body of knowledge which, in many cases, has identified major conservation problems facing particular species. At the same time, this knowledge and the associated activities of environmental organisations have served to introduce marine mammals to a receptive public, to the extent that they are now perceived by many as the living icons of biodiversity conservation. Much of the impetus for the current interest in marine mammal conservation comes from "Save the Whale" campaigns started in the 1960s by environmental groups around the world, in response to declining whale populations after over-exploitation by humans. This public pressure led to an international moratorium on whaling recommended in 1972 by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, and eventually adopted by the International Whaling Commission ten years later. This moratorium largely holds sway to this day, and further protective measures have included the delimitation of extensive areas of the Indian Ocean (1979) and Southern Ocean (1994) as whale sanctuaries.

Reviews

From the reviews:

'This book is simply an outstanding read regarding the evolution, ecology, behaviour, health, and conservation of marine mammalsI highly recommend this book to graduate students.'
Douglas P. DeMaster, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA
`If you are interested in marine mammals this book will certainly be a very useful addition to your library.'
Helene Marsh, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
'The book is generally of a high editorial standard. I intend to recommend the book as background reading for my course and to use some chapters as the basis for restructuring some of my lectures. For example, I was particularly impressed by Martin Hall and Greg Donovan's chapter entitled "Environmentalists, fisherman, cetaceans and fish: [ If you are interested in marine mammals this book will certainly be a very useful addition to your library.'
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, August (2002)

"This text is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying marine mammal science. The focus is on evolution, ecology, behavior, and marine mammal health and conservation, with an emphasis on the applied aspects of research. This makes the book valuable for those working on the conversation problems facing marine mammals. … this book is an excellent resource for marine mammal specialists." (Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 12 (4), 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sea Watch Foundation, Oxford, England

    Peter G. H. Evans

  • University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Juan Antonio Raga

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marine Mammals

  • Book Subtitle: Biology and Conservation

  • Editors: Peter G. H. Evans, Juan Antonio Raga

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0529-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46572-7Published: 31 December 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46573-4Published: 31 December 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0529-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 630

  • Topics: Zoology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Nature Conservation

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