Whales of the Southern Ocean Biology, Whaling and Perspectives of Population Recovery /

• Main Author: Mikhalev, Yuri (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Polar Ecology, 5
• Subjects: Animal ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Nature conservation.; Biodiversity.; Animal Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Nature Conservation.

Based on actual data of Soviet whaling, and reliable methodologies that existed at the time when this monograph was written, it examines the distribution and migration patterns of whales of the Southern Ocean. It defines distinct populations on the basis of phenes, as well as whale breeding zones, w...

Table of Contents:

• Annotation
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Historical review of whaling
• 2. Analysis of the correlation between whale length and weight
• 3. General growth laws
• 4. Biology of reproduction of cetaceans
• 5. Whale distribution
• 6. Southern Ocean ecosystem status and perspectives on whale population recovery
• 7. Photo selection.-Literature.