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Encyclopedia of
MARINE MAMMALS
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Encyclopedia of
MARINE MAMMALS Second Edition Editors
William F. Perrin Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA La Jolla, California
Bernd Würsig Texas A&M University Galveston, Texas
J. G. M. Thewissen Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Rootstown, Ohio
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Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA 32 Jamestown Road, London NW1 7BY, UK The following articles are U.S. government works in the public domain: “Abundance Estimates” by Anne E. York “Age Estimation” by Aleta A. Hohn “Albinism” by Patricia E. Rosel “Australian Snubfin Dolphin” by Kelly M. Robertson “Beaked Whales” by James G. Mead “Blue Whale” by William F. Perrin “Bowhead Whale” by David J. Rugh “Bryde’s Whales” by William F. Perrin “California, Galapagos and Japanese Sea Lions” by William F. Perrin “Cetacean Ecology” by Lisa T. Ballance “Cetacean Life History” by Susan J. Chivers “Climate Change” by Sue E. Moore “Coloration” by William F. Perrin “Common Dolphins” by William F. Perrin “Crabeater Seal” by John L. Bengtson “Cuvier’s Beaked Whale” by James G. Mead “Elephant Seals” by William F. Perrin “Endangered Species and Populations” by Douglas P. DeMaster, Richard Merrick and Gregory K. Silber “Gastrointestinal Tract” by James G. Mead “Genetics for Management” by Phillip A. Morin “Geographic Variation” by William F. Perrin “History of Marine Mammal Research” by William F. Perrin “Humpback Whale” by Phillip J. Clapham “Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale” by Robert Pitman “Krill and Other Plankton” by Roger Hewitt and Jessica D. Lipsky “Management” by Jay Barlow
“Mating Systems” by Sarah L. Mesnick and Katherine Ralls “Melon-headed Whale” by Wayne L. Perryman “Mesoplodont Whales” by Robert Pitman “Minke Whales” by William F. Perrin and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. “Museums and Collections” by James G. Mead “North Atlantic Marine Mammals” by Debra L. Palka and Gordon T. Waring “Ocean Envir