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Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2023

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This title was originally published in 1966.


This title was originally published in 1966.

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Norris Kenneth S. :

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Preface

    V
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    Participants in the Symposium

    IX
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    Contents

    XIII
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  • PART I. Systematics, Distribution, and Natural History
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    1. Chairman's Introduction to First Session of International Symposium on Cetacean Research

    3
    L. Harrison Matthews
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    2. Comments on the Delphinoidea

    7
    F. C. Fraser
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    3. Diagnoses and Distributions of Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon Known from North American Waters

    32
    Joseph Curtis Moore
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    4. A Synopsis of the Genus Kogia (Pygmy Sperm Whales)

    62
    Jr. Handley
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    5. Bryde's Whale in the Northwest Pacific

    70
    Hideo Omura
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    6. The Pygmy Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda, a New Subspecies from the Antarctic

    79
    Tadayoshi Ichihara
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    7. The Distribution of Balaenopteridae in the North Atlantic Ocean

    114
    Age Jonsgârd
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    8. The Distribution of Southern Blue and Fin Whales

    125
    N.A. Mackintosh
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    9. The Seasonal Migratory Cycle of Humpback Whales

    145
    William H. Dawbin
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    10. Distribution and Migration of the Larger Cetaceans in the North Pacific as Shown by Japanese Whaling Results

    171
    Masaharu Nishiwaki
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    11. A Discussion of Rarities among the Smaller Cetaceans Caught in Japanese Waters

    192
    Masaharu Nishiwaki
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  • PART II. Anatomy, Physiology, and Sea Animal Propulsion
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    12. The Anatomy of the Spinal Cord of the Pacific Striped Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

    207
    N. J. Flanigan
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    13. Specialized Features of the Cetacean Brain

    232
    Lawrence Kruger
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    14. Some Functional and Structural Characteristics of Cetacean Flippers and Flukes

    255
    William J. L. Felts
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    15. Functional Morphology of the Reproductive System in Cetacea

    277
    E. J. Slijper
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    16. Anatomy and Physiology of the Outer and Middle Ear in Cetaceans

    320
    Peter E. Purves
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    17. Elective Regulation of the Circulation in Diving Animals*

    381
    Laurence Irving
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    18. Thermal Regulation in Cetaceans*

    397
    John Kanwisher and Gunnar Sundnes
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    19. Hydrodynamic Analysis of Cetacean Performance

    410
    Thomas G. Lang
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  • PART III. Underwater Observation and Recording
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    20A. Pickup, Analysis, and Interpretation of Underwater Acoustic Data

    435
    Robert S. Gales
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    20B. Telemetering Physiological Information from within Cetaceans, and the Applicability of Ultrasound to Understanding in vivo Structure and Performance

    445
    R. Stuart Mackay
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    20C. Listening to Cetaceans*

    471
    William A. Watkins
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    20D. Sea Animal—Locomotion and Fish-Propulsion Studies

    477
    George G. Silberberg
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    20E. Instrument Packaging and Telemetry

    482
    James M. Snodgrass
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    20F. Acoustic-Video Techniques for the Observation of Cetaceans*

    489
    John C. Steinberg
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    20G. Instrumentation for Ecological Studies

    497
    Winston H. Starks
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  • PART IV. Communication
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    21. Sonic-Ultrasonic Emissions of the Bottlenose Dolphin

    503
    John C. Lilly
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    22. Phjseter Clicks*

    510
    Richard H. Backus and William E. Schevill
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    23. Cetacean Communication: Small-Group Experiment

    529
    John J. Dreher
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    24. Information in the Human Whistled Language and Sea Mammal Whistling

    544
    René-Guy Busnel
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    25. Problems in Cetacean and Other Mammalian Communication

    569
    Gregory Bateson
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  • PART V. Echolocation and Recognition
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    26. Listening Underwater: Thoughts on Sound and Cetacean Hearing

    583
    F. W. Reysenbach de Haan
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    27. Navigation in Cetacea

    597
    W. H. Dudok van Heel
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    28. Acoustic Signals of the Pilot Whale Globicephala melaena and of the Porpoises Delphinus delphis and Phocoena phocoena

    607
    René-Guy Busnel and Albin Dziedzic
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  • PART VI. Practical Problems
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    29. Round Table: Practical Problems

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  • PART VII. Behavior
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    30. Behavior of the Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon L.

    677
    David K. Caldwel, Melba C. Caldwell and Dale W. Rice
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    31. Behavior of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Social Interactions in a Captive Colony

    718
    Margaret C. Tavolga
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    32. Visual Discrimination and Problem Solving in a Bottlenose Dolphin

    731
    Winthrop N. Kellogg and Charles E. Rice
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    33 Epimeletic (Care-giving) Behavior in Cetacea

    755
    Melba C. Caldwell and David K. Caldwell
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animal sciences; biology; life sciences; mammals; zoology
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