Full Description
Oceanic Dolphins: Ridgway and Harrison's Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume Two in the Handbook of Marine Mammals series, focuses on dolphins, the remarkable marine mammals that live in our seas and oceans. For centuries, dolphins have fascinated humans with their intelligence and adaptability. As our understanding of marine mammals expands, there is a growing need for comprehensive references on their ecology and biology. This series, created to meet this need, provides definitive reviews of all living species of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sea cows, and marine otters and bears.
This volume features chapters written by leading global experts on offshore and oceanic dolphin species. Each chapter includes detailed descriptions of the species, covering aspects such as distribution and abundance, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, reproduction, parasites and diseases, and the effects of human activities on these species.
Contents
1. Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
2. Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
3. Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
4. Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
5. Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
6. Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene)
7. Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)
8. Right whale dolphins (Lissodelphis borealis and Lissodelphis peronii)
9. Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)
10. White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)
11. Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
12. Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
13. Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)
14. Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis)
15. Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)
16. Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra)
17. Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuate)
18. False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
19. Pilot whales (Globicephala)
20. Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
