Whales, dolphins and seals : with special reference to the New Zealand region / D.E. Gaskin ; illustrations: pinnipeds, M. Gaskin ; cetaceans, M.W. Cawthorn.
By: Gaskin, D. E. (David Edward).
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Heinemann Educational, 1972Description: [7], 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0435622854 (hbk.); 9780435622855 (hbk.).Subject(s): MARINE MAMMALS | CETACEANS | WHALES | PHYSETERIDAE | ZIPHIIDAE | DOLPHINS | DELPHINIDAE | PINNIPEDIA | SEALS | PHOCIDAE | OTARIIDAE | SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN | NEW ZEALANDHoldings: GRETA POINT: 599.5 GASItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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"Marine mammals of the western South Pacific"-Flap.
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: pages 165-188.
SECTION I -- 1. Origins and Evolution of the Major Groups of Marine Mammals -- 2. Anatomy and Physiology of Marine Mammals -- 3. Population Research on Commercially Important Species of Marine Mammals -- 4. Handling and Studying Marine Mammals in Captivity -- 5. The Development of New Zealand Whaling -- 6. The Development of World Whaling -- 7. Sealing with Special Reference to the New Zealand Region -- 8. The Marine Environment of the New Zealand Region -- SECTION II -- 9. Identification of Whales, Dolphins, and Seals -- SECTION III -- 10. The Whalebone or Baleen Whales - Mystacoceti -- 11. The Sperm Whales: Family Physeteridae -- 12. The Beaked Whales: Family Ziphiidae -- 13. The Great Dolphins: Delphinoidea Globicephalidae -- 14. The True Dolphins: Delphinoidea Delphinidae -- 15. The ‘Earless’ Seals: Phocoidea Phocidae -- 16. The ‘Eared’ Seals: Otarioidea Otariidae -- APPENDICES -- A. Tables -- B. Bibliography -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX.
GRETA POINT: 599.5 GAS
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