Whales and Dolphins: Behavior, Biology and Distribution by Craig A. Murray

By Craig A. Murray

The biology of cetaceans is among the such a lot compelling components of study as a result of severe variations whales and dolphins have needed to endure on the way to deal with a lifestyles within the water. The fossil checklist of cetaceans is wealthy, and notwithstanding a lot realization has been given to the origins of whales from terrestrial artiodactyls, you will need to appreciate that the biology, body structure, and behavior of contemporary cetaceans has now not remained unchanged seeing that this preliminary transition to being aquatic. This books discusses and offers new facts at the behaviour and biology of whales and dolphins together with: the cenozoic environmental adjustments and evolution of baleen whales, the ecological and evolutionary divergence in whales and dolphins, the parasite fauna of cetaceans, and others.

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