[PDF] National Audubon Society Guide To Marine Mammals Of The World eBook

Author : Randall R. Reeves
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2002-04-02
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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A guide that includes information about habitat, basic breeding, and a wild range of information about animals.

Author : Betty Rowlands
Publisher : Severn House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,26 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Christian antiquities
ISBN : 9780727877291

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It is an average day at the Mariners Hotel until Professor Lamont arrives late & breathless for a meeting with the guest in Room 106, where the crumpled figure of Doctor Whistler, an archaeologist, is found lying on the floor in a pool of blood.

Author : Thomas Allen Jefferson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080557848

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With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine mammals alive in nature (at sea or on the beach), dead specimens “in hand , and also to identify marine mammals based on features of the skull. This handy guide provides marine biologists and interested lay people with detailed descriptions of diagnostic features, illustrations of external appearance, beautiful photographs, dichotomous keys, and more. Full color illustrations and vivid photographs of every living marine mammal species are incorporated, as well as comprehendible maps showing a range of information. For readers who desire further consultation, authors have included a list of literature references at the end of each species account. For an enhanced understanding of habitation, this guide also includes recognizable geographic forms described separately with colorful paintings and photographs. All of these essential tools provided make Marine Mammals of the World the most detailed and authoritative guide available! * Contains superb photographs of every species of marine mammal for accurate identification * Authors’ collective experience adds up to 80 years, and have seen nearly all of the species and distinctive geographic forms described in the guide * Provides the most detailed and anatomically accurate illustrations currently available * Special emphasis is placed on the identification of species in “problem groups, such as the beaked whales, long-beaked oceanic dolphin, and southern fur seals * Includes a detailed list of sources for more information at the back of the book.

Author : Hadoram Shirihai
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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Presents full-color photographs and illustrations of a wide variety of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals around the world; and contains information on their habitats, physical characteristics, and behaviors.

Author : Sarah G. Allen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520265455

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"This richly illustrated book is more than a field guide, giving the reader insight into the fascinating biology of these animals and the conservation issues they face. Any resident or visitor to the West Coast will love this book and reach for it not only when standing on a bluff looking out to sea, but also when curled in an armchair at home." ---FRANCES GULLAND, The Marine Mammal Center --Book Jacket.

Author : Ronald M. Nowak
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 2003-05-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801873430

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Marine mammals are among the most fascinating and most watched of Earth's many animal species, particularly for their many adaptations for life in and around the water and their unique methods of communication. This comprehensive guide to the order is for experts and enthusiasts alike.

Author : Noble S. Proctor
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0300113285

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DIVA uniquely comprehensive and beautiful guide to more than 600 species of fauna and flora along the coasts of the southeastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico/div

Author : C. Lavett Smith
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 1997-09-16
Category : Nature
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Identifies the tropical marine fish living off the coast of North America.

Author : Noble S. Proctor
Publisher :
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 34,81 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300106589

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A spectacular field guide to the many fascinating creatures of the ocean world algon the norhteaster coast of the United States and the Maritime Provinces of Canada.