Whales & Dolphins Of The World

Simmonds, Mark

ISBN 10: 0262195194 / ISBN 13: 9780262195195

Verlag: Mit Pr (edition ), 2005

With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0262195194-8-1-29

Inhaltsangabe:

Whales, dolphins, and porpoises have fascinated humankind for centuries. Amazinglydiverse, they have evolved specializations that allow them, despite being air-breathing mammals, toexploit habitats ranging from surface waters to ocean depths. Whales and Dolphins of the World is acelebration of the variety (more than 80 species), behavior, and natural history of these remarkableanimals. Stunningly illustrated by 180 color photographs, it describes what we know of their lives,including feeding, reproduction, communication, and social structures, and surveys the factors thataffect them, from hunting to pollution. The book explores the strong relationship between ourspecies and theirs, with a look at dolphin therapy and the pros and cons of whale-watching. Itdetails the forces that threaten whales, dolphins, and porpoises, including hunting, whaling,fisheries, pollution, and habitat destruction, and also describes the conservation actions that musttake place in the twenty-first century to save them. A color map of the world highlights the watersin which whales and dolphins are found.Worldwide interest in these unique creatures is growing, asevidenced by the increasing number of people who go whale- and dolphin-watching each year. Thisbook, with its informative, lively text and spectacular images, provides an illuminating look at thelives of whales and dolphins in a changing world.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Mark Simmonds is Director of Science at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

Swathi Arekapudi, B.A., is a 2002--2003 Fellow at the Institutefor Ethics at the American Medical Association. Her senior honorsthesis, entitled "Physician-Assisted Suicide: Questioning theCourts," analyzed recent Supreme Court rulings on the subject. Shehas worked in two research laboratories and was a field health technicianfor the Harvard Heart Health Study.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Whales & Dolphins Of The World
Verlag: Mit Pr (edition )
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag