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Author:   Annalisa Berta (San Diego State University, California, U.S.A.) ,  James L. Sumich (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA) ,  Kit M. Kovacs (Biodiversity Research Section Leader, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway, Professor of Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Svalbard, Norway) ,  Annalisa Berta (San Diego State University, California, U.S.A.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.610kg
ISBN:  

9780123970022

ISBN 10:   0123970024
Pages:   738
Publication Date:   23 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I: EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Classification Pinniped Evolution and Systematics Cetacean Evolution and Systematics Sirenians and Other Marine Mammals: Evolution and Systematics Evolution and Geography Part II: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR Integumentary, Sensory and Urinary Systems Musculoskeletal System and Locomotion Energetics Respiration, diving and breathhold physiology Sound production for communication, echolocation and prey Diet, Foraging Structures, and Strategies Reproductive Structures, Strategies and Patterns Population Structure and Dynamics Part III: Exploitation, Conservation, and Management Exploitation, Conservation, and Management Appendix: Classification of Marine Mammals For families of marine mammals: diagnosis, definition, distribution, fossil history, content (species level)

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We should thank the authors for the great effort they have made to gather all the diverse information available and to present it in a highly comprehensive book, and one that can only be recommended to all readers interested in this challenging field. --M. S. Fischer, Jena, in JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH ...deals with the evolution of marine mammals in detail, and the remainder of the book is a good, solid guide to their complex biology. That said, Marine mammals: evolutionary biology will certainly be popular with students, because it is clearly and concisely written, and intelligently illustrated. --in CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS ...the book does represent a good reference source that I will certainly use myself, and it will serve those who teach these themes extremely well. Berta et al. deserve to be congratulated for this comprehensive tome - it is a thorough, precise and clearly written reference that will serve admirably those interested in the evolution of marine mammals. --Corey J.A. Bradshaw, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, in POLAR RESEARCH

All scientists and students who study marine mammals should read it...the book contains a wealth of information.- Frank E. Fish, Department of Biology, West Chester University in ANIMAL BIOLOGY ...a crucial resource spanning many disparate research venues...Each chapter provides extensive references for further research. - Peggy Dominy in E-STREAMS ...highly welcome...the authors succeed again in presenting a book that is simultaneously challenging and easily readable for students. - M. S. Fischer, Jena, in JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH ...will certainly be popular with students, because it is clearly and concisely written, and intelligently illustrated. - in CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS ...it is a thorough, precise and clearly written reference that will admirably serve those interested in the evolution of marine mammals. - Corey J.A. Bradshaw, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, in POLAR RESEARCH

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Annalisa Berta is Professor of Biology in the Department of Biology at San Diego State University, San Diego, California and a Research Associate at the San Diego Natural History Museum in San Diego, California and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. She is an evolutionary biologist who for the last 30 years has been studying the anatomy, evolution and systematics of fossil and living marine mammals, especially pinnipeds and whales. She is a past President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and former Senior Editor of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and Associate Editor of Marine Mammal Science. She has written 100 scientific papers and several books for the specialist as well as non-scientist including Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals, 2012, (University of California Press) and the forthcoming book (summer, 2015) Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: a natural history and species guide (University of Chicago Press). James Sumich is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Grossmont College and is the author of a popular book on gray whales. He has conducted research on gray whales from British Columbia to Baja California for four decades and has taught marine mammal course for nearly that long. His research has focused on the ecological physiology of baleen whales, especially the energetics of their seasonal fasting migrations. Kit M. Kovacs is the Biodiversity Research Program Leader for the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø Norway and a Professor of Biology at University Studies on Svalbard (UNIS). She has worked with marine mammals in Polar Regions for the past 30 years, focusing primarily on studies in the fields of behavioral ecology and population biology. The impact of climate change on ice-associated species has been a topic of principal concern in recent years in her research projects. She is author/co-author of more than 200 primary publications and the author/editor of ten books and numerous popular articles.

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