Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Bernd Würsig,J.G.M. Thewissen,Kit M. Kovacs

• Verlag: Academic Press
• Jahr: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780128043813
• Auflage: 3
• Thema: Scienze biologiche
• Thema: Biologia marina

The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition covers the ecology, behavior, conservation, evolution, form and function of whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, manatees, dugongs, otters and polar bears. This edition provides new content on anthropogenic concerns, latest information on emerging threats such as ocean noise, and impacts of climate change.

With authors and editors who are world experts, this new edition is a critical resource for all who are interested in marine mammals, especially upper level undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and managers, and is a top reference for those in related fields, from oceanographers to environmental scientists.

• Significant content and topic updates, as well as the addition of new topics in such areas as anthropogenic disturbance
• Visual maps of the oceans and seas mentioned in contributions, helping to place the geographical features described in the text with clear, consistent species illustrations
• Written to help users learn new information or brush up on a topic quickly, with the references at the end of each entry to help guide readers into more specialist literature

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” and “t” refer to figures and tables, respectively.

A

AAR, SeeAmino acid racemization (AAR)

ABA, SeeApplied behavior analysis (ABA)

Abdomen, 994–1001

anatomy, 1000–1001

mammalian postcranial landmarks, 994–1000

diaphragm, 994–995

photographs of ventral views of Florida manatee, 996f

regions and structures cranial to diaphragm, 995

structures caudal to diaphragm, 995–1000

Abdominal muscles, 622

ABNJ, SeeAreas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ)

Aboriginal subsistence whaling (ASW), 340, 519

Aboriginal whaling, 519, 1058

Aboriginal whaling management procedure (AWMP), 519

Absolute age estimates

consistency and repeatability of, 12–14

for some species, 14

tissues to obtaining, 11–12, 11f, 12f

“Absolute” abundance, 1

Abundance, 582–583, 705, 938, 939

absolute, 1

estimation, 1

colony counts, 5

distance sampling, 1–3

mark–recapture, 3–4

migration counts, 4–5

ACC, SeeAntarctic circumpolar current (ACC)

Accessory layers, 10

ACCOBAMS, SeeAgreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and contiguous Atlantic area (ACCOBAMS)

Accreditation program, 567

ACE, SeeAngiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)

Acorn barnacles, 75

Acoustic communication, 212–214
See alsoTactile communication, Visual communication

nonvocal communication, 212

vocal communication, 212–214

Acoustic harassment devices (AHDs), 557

Acoustic(s), 462–463

analysis of blue whale vocalizations, 112

crypsis, 600–601

deterrent devices, 771

disturbance, 612

habitat, 227

impedance, 889

pollution, 226–227

signals, 104, 212

surveys, 3

trauma, 460–461

Acrobatic leap types, 8

Acrophoca, 719–720

ACTH, SeeAdrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

Activation syndrome, 1021

Active touch, 1076

ADE, SeeApparently digested energy (ADE)

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