Description
Product ID: | 9780124095427 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Marine Mammals of the World |
Subtitle: | A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification |
Authors: | Author: Marc A. Webber, Thomas Allen, PhD Jefferson, Robert L. Pitman |
Page Count: | 616 |
Subjects: | Zoology: marine and freshwater mammals, Marine & freshwater mammals |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This new edition of Marine Mammals of the World describes and illustrates newly discovered and rarely photographed species, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date identification guide available. This edition continues to meet the research-focused needs of marine biologists and conservation biologists by providing a tremendous influx of new photos, taking advantage of advances in digital and auto-focusing photography, and the emergence of marine mammal studies and "whalewatching" around the world. The book encompasses cetacean, pinniped, and sirenian species, as well as extinct species, and describes basic biology and taxonomic groupings of marine mammals. |
Imprint Name: | Academic Press Inc |
Publisher Name: | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-09-03 |