Mediterranean marine mammal ecology and conservation /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Podestà, Michela (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Curry, Barbara E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2016.
• Σειρά: Advances in marine biology ; v. 75.
• Θέματα: Marine mammals > Ecology > Mediterranean Region.; Marine mammals > Conservation > Mediterranean Region.; NATURE > Animals > Mammals.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.; Electronic books.

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• Front Cover; Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation; Copyright; Contributors To Volume 75; Contents; Series Contents for Last Fifteen Years*; Preface; Chapter One: Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean Sea: An Overview; 1. The Mediterranean Sea as a Natural Environment for Marine Mammals; 2. Species of Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean Sea; 2.1. Regularly Occurring Species; 2.1.1. Pinnipeds; 2.1.1.1. Mediterranean Monk Seal, Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779); 2.1.2. Cetaceans; 2.1.2.1. Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758).
• 2.1.2.2. Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 17582.1.2.3. Cuvierś Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823; 2.1.2.4. Short-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758; 2.1.2.5. Long-Finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809); 2.1.2.6. Rissoś Dolphin, Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812); 2.1.2.7. Killer Whale, Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758); 2.1.2.8. Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833); 2.1.2.9. Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828); 2.1.2.10. Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821).
• 2.1.2.11. Harbour Porpoise, Black Sea Subspecies, Phocoena p. relicta Abel, 19052.2. Irregular but Repeated Occurrences: Cetaceans; 2.2.1. Common Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804; 2.2.2. Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781); 2.2.3. False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846); 2.3. Very Rare Mediterranean Occurrences; 2.3.1. Pinnipeds; 2.3.1.1. Hooded Seal, Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777); 2.3.1.2. Harp Seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777); 2.3.1.3. Harbour Seal, Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758; 2.3.2. Cetaceans.
• 2.3.2.1. North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)2.3.2.2. Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828; 2.3.2.3. Grey Whale, Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861); 2.3.2.4. Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia sima (Owen, 1866); 2.3.2.5. Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770); 2.3.2.6. Sowerbyś Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804); 2.3.2.7. Blainvilleś Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817); 2.3.2.8. Gervais Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855).
• 2.3.2.9. Short-Finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 18462.3.2.10. Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin, Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829); 2.3.2.11. Harbour Porpoise, Atlantic Subspecies, Phocoena p. phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758); 3. Distributional Patterns of Mediterranean Marine Mammals; 3.1. Alborán Sea and Strait of Gibraltar; 3.2. Algero-Provençal Basin; 3.3. Tyrrhenian Sea and Eastern Ligurian Sea; 3.4. Adriatic Sea; 3.5. Strait of Sicily, Tunisian Plateau and Gulf of Sirte; 3.6. Ionian Sea and Central Mediterranean; 3.7. Aegean Sea; 3.8. Levantine Sea.