Stephen Leatherwood

Randall R. Reeves

Identifies and describes the distinctive features, characteristics, behavior, distribution, habitat, and population of the diverse whale and dolphin species.

The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins

David Keller Caldwell

Howard Elliott Winn

"Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic" by David Keller Caldwell, Howard Elliott Winn, Stephen Leatherwood. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

A Guide to Their Identification

Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Staff

Thomas A. Jefferson

Marc A. Webber

Identification guide to marine mammals and to cetaceans, seals, and sirenians found in fresh water.

Marine Mammals of the World

Mary Lou Jones

Steven L. Swartz

The Gray Whale: Eschrichtius robustus provides an introduction to the understanding of Eschrichtius robustus or the gray whale. This book explores the life processes, reproduction, and growth of large cetacean populations. Organized into four parts encompassing 25 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the gray whale evolution, fossils, and subfossil remains, range, and systematics in historical times. This text then presents the historical of gray whale exploitation and the economic importance of these whales to humans. Other chapters consider the gray whale migration, abundance, and seasonal distribution in the wake of the California population's recovery from depletion. This book discusses as well the methods used in shore-based censuses during migration and in aerial surveys of gray whales taken on their winter grounds. The final chapter deals with some innovative approaches to the study of free-ranging cetaceans. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists, paleontologists, biologists, and naturalists.

The Gray Whale: Eschrichtius Robustus

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Library and Archive

World Conservation Union

Consistent evaluation and new recommendations for action are required of protective measures to address threats that were unrecognized or non-existent until recently. Global warming, noise pollution and reduced availability of prey are now of great concern. The all too familiar threats of accidental killing in fishing gear and exposure to toxic chemicals remain almost intractable. This Action Plan reviews threats and offers possible solutions. It also contains a thorough review of the status of species and a list of 57 recommended research projects and education initiatives.

1994-1998 Action Plan for the Conservation of Cetaceans

Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales

Because of their exposure in marine parks, movies, and television as well as their presence in tropical and warm-temperature waters around the world, bottlenose dolphins are among the most familiar of marine mammals. Since they are relatively easy to obtain and they thrive in captivity, these dolphins have been used in a great variety of studies. Work with the bottlenose has provided insight into the sensory mechanisms, communication systems, energetics, reproduction, anatomy, and other aspects of cetacean biology. This volume presents the most recent biological and behavioral discoveries of bottlenose dolphins from different regions and compares bottlenose dolphins as a group with other species of animals.

Stephen Leatherwood

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