Reviews
Features descriptive guides to each of the species, wonderfully adorned by Ellis’s paintings of the males, followed by a broadly based account of the biology of the group as a whole and of the threats these enigmatic creatures currently face.
Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and general readers.
This is a nice book for anyone with a strong interest in whales.
Beaked Whales: a Complete Guide to their Biology and Conservation is an excellent overview of an elusive family of cetaceans that blends two disciplines – natural art and natural history – to achieve ambitious objectives. It is a book for those interested in marine biology at an entry level, yet specialists should purchase a copy to better understand how innovative composition and a creative angle can better communicate contemporary research and species information.
Not only does it provide a concise overview of beaked whales as a group, it presents clear and easy-to-understand information – in some cases quite possibly even everything known – about each species in this elusive group of marine mammals.
The book is both a comprehensive guide to beaked whale biology and conservation and an entertaining read that could be of interest to a broad audience regardless of its scientific background.
Book Details
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Guide to the beaked whales
Arnoux's Beaked Whale
Baird's Beaked Whale
Northern Bottlenose Whale
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Longman's
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Guide to the beaked whales
Arnoux's Beaked Whale
Baird's Beaked Whale
Northern Bottlenose Whale
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Longman's Beaked Whale
Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Andrews' Beaked Whale
Hubbs' Beaked Whale
Blainville's Beaked Whale
Gervais' Beaked Whale
Ginkgo-toothed Whale
Gray's Beaked Whale
Hector's Beaked Whale
Deraniyagala's Beaked Whale
Strap-toothed Whale
True's Beaked Whale
Perrin's Beaked Whale
Peruvian Beaked Whale
Stejneger's Beaked Whale
Spade-toothed Beaked Whale
Shepherd's Beaked Whale
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
About Beaked Whales
Classification
Distribution
Teeth
Scarring
Feeding
From Land to Water to Tooth Loss
Beaked whales vs. the Navy
Bibliography