Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Participants in the Symposium IX
4. Contents XIII
5. PART I. Systematics, Distribution, and Natural History
6. 1. Chairman's Introduction to First Session of International Symposium on Cetacean Research 3
7. 2. Comments on the Delphinoidea 7
8. 3. Diagnoses and Distributions of Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon Known from North American Waters 32
9. 4. A Synopsis of the Genus Kogia (Pygmy Sperm Whales) 62
10. 5. Bryde's Whale in the Northwest Pacific 70
11. 6. The Pygmy Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda, a New Subspecies from the Antarctic 79
12. 7. The Distribution of Balaenopteridae in the North Atlantic Ocean 114
13. 8. The Distribution of Southern Blue and Fin Whales 125
14. 9. The Seasonal Migratory Cycle of Humpback Whales 145
15. 10. Distribution and Migration of the Larger Cetaceans in the North Pacific as Shown by Japanese Whaling Results 171
16. 11. A Discussion of Rarities among the Smaller Cetaceans Caught in Japanese Waters 192
17. PART II. Anatomy, Physiology, and Sea Animal Propulsion
18. 12. The Anatomy of the Spinal Cord of the Pacific Striped Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens 207
19. 13. Specialized Features of the Cetacean Brain 232
20. 14. Some Functional and Structural Characteristics of Cetacean Flippers and Flukes 255
21. 15. Functional Morphology of the Reproductive System in Cetacea 277
22. 16. Anatomy and Physiology of the Outer and Middle Ear in Cetaceans 320
23. 17. Elective Regulation of the Circulation in Diving Animals* 381
24. 18. Thermal Regulation in Cetaceans* 397
25. 19. Hydrodynamic Analysis of Cetacean Performance 410
26. PART III. Underwater Observation and Recording
27. 20A. Pickup, Analysis, and Interpretation of Underwater Acoustic Data 435
28. 20B. Telemetering Physiological Information from within Cetaceans, and the Applicability of Ultrasound to Understanding in vivo Structure and Performance 445
29. 20C. Listening to Cetaceans* 471
30. 20D. Sea Animal—Locomotion and Fish-Propulsion Studies 477
31. 20E. Instrument Packaging and Telemetry 482
32. 20F. Acoustic-Video Techniques for the Observation of Cetaceans* 489
33. 20G. Instrumentation for Ecological Studies 497
34. PART IV. Communication
35. 21. Sonic-Ultrasonic Emissions of the Bottlenose Dolphin 503
36. 22. Phjseter Clicks* 510
37. 23. Cetacean Communication: Small-Group Experiment 529
38. 24. Information in the Human Whistled Language and Sea Mammal Whistling 544
39. 25. Problems in Cetacean and Other Mammalian Communication 569
40. PART V. Echolocation and Recognition
41. 26. Listening Underwater: Thoughts on Sound and Cetacean Hearing 583
42. 27. Navigation in Cetacea 597
43. 28. Acoustic Signals of the Pilot Whale Globicephala melaena and of the Porpoises Delphinus delphis and Phocoena phocoena 607
44. PART VI. Practical Problems
45. 29. Round Table: Practical Problems 649
46. PART VII. Behavior
47. 30. Behavior of the Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon L. 677
48. 31. Behavior of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Social Interactions in a Captive Colony 718
49. 32. Visual Discrimination and Problem Solving in a Bottlenose Dolphin 731
50. 33 Epimeletic (Care-giving) Behavior in Cetacea 755