'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.
Many of the world's most respected whale biologists have collaborated on the text, helping to provide the ultimate guide to the identification, distribution, behaviour, life history and conservation of every species and subspecies of whale, dolphin and porpoise.
This is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in these truly spectacular animals.
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
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Table of contents
- 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
- 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
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