Marine mammals of the world : a comprehensive guide to their identification /
With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine mammals alive in nature (at sea or on the beach), dead specimens "in hand", and also to identify marine mammals based on features of the skull....
| Основен автор: | Jefferson, Thomas A. |
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| Други автори: | Webber, Marc A., Pitman, Robert L. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; Burlington, MA :
Academic,
2008.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=249044 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Marine mammals of the world. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- Basic marine mammal biology
- Taxonomic groupings above the species level
- Cetacean species accounts
- Pinniped species accounts
- Sirenian and other species accounts
- Extinct species accounts
- Dichotomous identification keys
- Summaries of characters for similar species
- Glossary of technical terms
- References
- Index, common names
- Index, scientific names.