Second Edition. — San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2006. — 569 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-369499-7. The second edition, like the previous one, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology , is written for two audiences: as a text for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course on marine mammal biology and as a source book for marine mammal scientists in research, education,...
Third Edition. — Academic Press, 2015. — 726 p. — ISBN 978-0-12-397002-2. Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology , Third Edition is a succinct, yet comprehensive text devoted to the systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology, physiology, and behavior of marine mammals. Earlier editions of this valuable work are considered required reading for all marine biologists concerned with...
Princeton University Press, 2023. — 224 p. — ISBN13 9780691236643. — ISBN10 069123664X. From the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a large, diverse, and increasingly precious group. In this book, Annalisa Berta, a leading expert on sea mammals and their evolution, presents an engaging and richly illustrated...
Princeton University Press, 2023. — 224 p. — ISBN13 9780691236643. — ISBN10 069123664X. From the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a large, diverse, and increasingly precious group. In this book, Annalisa Berta, a leading expert on sea mammals and their evolution, presents an engaging and richly illustrated...
Springer, 2019. — 302 p. This comprehensive book provides new insights into the morphological, metabolic, thermoregulatory, locomotory, diving, sensory, feeding, and sleep adaptations of Cetacea (whales and dolphins), Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions and walrus), Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) and sea otters for an aquatic life. Each chapter reviews the discoveries from previous...
Springer, 2019. — 302 p. This comprehensive book provides new insights into the morphological, metabolic, thermoregulatory, locomotory, diving, sensory, feeding, and sleep adaptations of Cetacea (whales and dolphins), Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions and walrus), Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) and sea otters for an aquatic life. Each chapter reviews the discoveries from previous...
Princeton University Press, 2014. — 128 p. Britain's Sea Mammals is the essential field guide to all the sea mammals - whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals - found in coastal Britain. The book features more than 100 stunning photographs and close to 40 detailed and beautiful illustrations of 34 species of sea mammals, paying special attention to the 14 species most readily...
Academic Press, 1972. — 451 p. — ISBN: 978-0123280015. Marine mammals have been the subjects of much scientific research in recent years, and a number of reviews covering various aspects of their biology have been published. The present volume is important as the first of a promised series which will consider the anatomy of this group of animals, particularly in relation to...
Academic Press, 1974. — 366 p. — ISBN: 978-0123280022. The second volume of this series devoted to studies of the functional anatomy of this specialized group of mammals continues the high standard set by the first volume published in 1972. It contains eleven papers: five relate specifically to seals (one also including the sea otter and river otter), four to whales, and two to...
Academic Press, 1977. — 438 p. — ISBN: 0‐12‐328003‐6. More than one third of this volume is devoted to the integument of marine mammals and much of the information will be of value to those inte rested in the cutaneous adaptations that have occurred in those mammals who spend the majority of their life in water. Modifications of the skin have been conditioned by two physical...
Cambridge University Press, 2012. — 542 р. — ISBN: 978-0-521-88828-8 Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-521-71643-7 Paperback Foreword Acknowledgements Notes to Chapter 1 Steller’s sea cow: discovery, biology and exploitation of a relict giant sirenian Affinities, origins and diversity of the Sirenia through time Notes to Chapter 3 Feeding biology Notes to Chapter 4 Behaviour and habitat...
Авторы не указаны. — National Academies Press, 2003. — 204 p. — ISBN 979-0309085365. For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of communicating, navigating, and foraging. The possibility that human-generated noise could harm marine mammals or significantly interfere with...
Malibu High School, 2007. - 18 р.
В пособии "Common Marine Mammals of southern California" описываются морские млекопитающие, встречающиеся у берегов Южной Калифорнии. Приведены качественные цветные фотографии этих видов.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000. - 159 p.
The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the
committee responsible for the report were...
Academic Press, 1981. — 251 p. — ISBN: 0-12-588501-6. Some of the world's most beautiful, intelligent and highly adapted mammals inhabit our seas and oceans, and have stirred the human imagination for many centuries. As our knowledge of marine mammals grows, the need exists for a reliable and complete reference to the ecology and biology of these fascinating creatures. The...
Academic Press, 1981. — 378 p. — ISBN: 0-12-588502-4. Some of the world's most beautiful, intelligent and highly adapted mammals inhabit our seas and oceans, and have stirred the human imagination for many centuries. As our knowledge of marine mammals grows, the need exists for a reliable and complete reference to the ecology and biology of these fascinating creatures. The...
Academic Press, 1985. — 384 p. — ISBN: 0-12-588503-2. Some of the world's most beautiful, intelligent and highly adapted mammals inhabit our seas and oceans, and have stirred the human imagination for many centuries. As our knowledge of marine mammals grows, the need exists for a reliable and complete reference to the ecology and biology of these fascinating creatures. The...
Academic Press, 1989. — 462 p. — ISBN: 0-12-588504-0. Some of the world's most beautiful, intelligent and highly adapted mammals inhabit our seas and oceans, and have stirred the human imagination for many centuries. As our knowledge of marine mammals grows, the need exists for a reliable and complete reference to the ecology and biology of these fascinating creatures. The...
Princeton University Press, 2019. — 209 p. A state-of-the-art photographic identification guide to Europe's whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals This cutting-edge photographic identification guide to Europe's sea mammals--the only such guide of its kind--covers the 39 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and 9 species of seals found in the region, which spans the eastern...
Struik Nature, 2021. — 75 p. The latest in the popular ‘Quick ID Guide’ series, this compact little book is an easy-to-use identification guide to the whales, dolphins and seals found in southern African waters and the Southern Ocean. Close to 50 species occur here: from the demonstrative Humpback Whale and Dusky Dolphin to the striking Leopard Seal and massive Blue Whale. This...
Учебное пособие — М.: Пищевая промышленность, 1973. — 232 с. Данные изучения морских млекопитающих служат основой мероприятий, направленных на сохранение и умножение численности этих животных, дающих пищевой, технический и медицинский жир, высокоценное меховое сырье, корма для животноводства и звероводства и т. д. Высокая специализация и приспособление морских млекопитающих к...
М: Академия наук СССР, 1956. — 290с, Ил. Фауна млекопитающих Черного и Азовского морей представлена одним видом тюленей и тремя формами дельфинов. Последние с давних времен служат объектом промысла, однако начало организованного промысла целиком относится лишь к советскому времени. С этого же времени началось интенсивное накопление наших знаний в области биологии этих животных,...
М., 1999. — 120 с. Стеллерова морская корова, существовавшая в историческое время, представляет для нас интерес как обладательница удивительных приспособлений к выживанию в условиях суровой природной среды, и все же ушедшая с арены жизни планеты. Обстоятельства ее открытия и скорой гибели от рук людей также важны для истории. Цель автора этих строк - донести до читателя...
М.: Наука, 1986. — 406 с.: ил.
В коллективной монографии на оригинальном материале и с привлечением обширной библиографии рассматриваются вопросы эволюции сирен и место среди них ламантинов, морфология и адаптивные особенности кожного покрова, опорно-двигательной системы, пищеварительного тракта, сосудистой системы и т. п. американского ламантина. Особое внимание уделено...
Москва: Наука, 1969. — 248 с. — (Научно-популярная серия АН СССР). Скан: серый фон, обложка - цвет. OCR+ Книга известного специалиста по морским млекопитающим доктора биологических наук А. Г. Томилина посвящена китообразным, к которым относятся дельфины, белухи, морские свиньи, клюворылы, кашалоты, гладкие киты, полосатики и др. В книге рассказывается о том, почему в наше время...
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