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Behavior of Marine Animals

Current Perspectives in Research

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Howard E. Winn

    1. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA

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  2. Bori L. Olla

    1. National Marine Fisheries Center Service, N. E. Fisheries Center, Sandy Hook Laboratory, U. S. Department of Commerce, Highlands, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Some Recent Uses and Potentials of Radiotelemetry in Field Studies of Cetaceans

    • Stephen Leatherwood, William E. Evans
    Pages 1-31

  3. Identification of Humpback Whales by Fluke Photographs

    • Steven Katona, Ben Baxter, Oliver Brazier, Scott Kraus, Judy Perkins, Hal Whitehead
    Pages 33-44

  4. The Natural History of Dall’s Porpoise in the North Pacific Ocean

    • G. Victor Morejohn
    Pages 45-83

  5. The Northern Right Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis borealis Peale in the Eastern North Pacific

    • Stephen Leatherwood, William A. Walker
    Pages 85-141

  6. The Natural History of the Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster)

    • Terje Benjaminsen, Ivar Christensen
    Pages 143-164

  7. The Socioecology of Humpback Dolphins (Sousa sp.)

    • Graham S. Saayman, Colin K. Tayler
    Pages 165-226

  8. Social Organization in Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus

    • Peter B. Best
    Pages 227-289

  9. Behavior and Significance of Entrapped Baleen Whales

    • Peter Beamish
    Pages 291-309

  10. The Vocal and Behavioral Reactions of the Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, to Playback of its Sounds

    • David W. Morgan
    Pages 311-343

  11. The Whistle Repertoire of the North Atlantic Pilot Whale (Globicephala melaena) and Its Relationship to Behavior and Environment

    • Algis G. Taruski
    Pages 345-368

  12. The Whistle of the Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)—Ontogeny

    • Melba C. Caldwell, David K. Caldwell
    Pages 369-401

  13. Mysticete Sounds

    • Thomas J. Thompson, Howard E. Winn, Paul J. Perkins
    Pages 403-431

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 433-438
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About this book

Four years ago we began soliciting articles for this volume from authors who were engaged in comprehensive research on whales. From the outset we decided not to limit the subject matter to behavior but to also include natural history. Much of what is known about the behavior of whales arose from studies whose principal aim was not behavior, much as it did for other animal groups before behavior was considered a distinct discipline. Thus in many of the articles behavior is closely intertwined with natural history and in others is completely overshadowed by a basic natural history approach. Our aim was to have the articles contain a review of the literature and include research findings not previously published. For all intents and purposes this aim has been realized, albeit perhaps not in as balanced a fashion in terms of species or subject matter as was originally planned. Nevertheless, we believe the articles present a wide range of informative works with a myriad of approaches and techniques represented. We are grateful to the contributors for their patience and understanding in awaiting publication, which has taken much longer than we originally expected. We are also grateful tor the assistance of a number of people, especially Julie Fischer and Lois Winn for their editorial efforts, and Jill Grover, Carol Samet, and Lois Winn for their help in indexing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA

    Howard E. Winn

  • National Marine Fisheries Center Service, N. E. Fisheries Center, Sandy Hook Laboratory, U. S. Department of Commerce, Highlands, USA

    Bori L. Olla

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Behavior of Marine Animals

  • Book Subtitle: Current Perspectives in Research

  • Editors: Howard E. Winn, Bori L. Olla

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2985-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2987-9Published: 12 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2985-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 458

  • Number of Illustrations: 194 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Zoology

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