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Allen, G. M.
l9l6 The
Whalebone Whales of New England. Memoirs of the Boston
Society of Natural History, Vol. 8, No. 2, 322 pp., illus.
(Old but good technical account; interesting historical facts.)
Allen J. A.
l908 The
North Atlantic Right Whale and its Near Allies. Bulletin
of the American
Museum of Natural History, Vol. 24, No. l8, pp. 277‑329. (Detailed
account with an emphasis on osteology.)
American Cetacean Society
1989
The World's Whales A Closer Look. Sherryl Taylor, editor.
Selected Papers from the American Cetacean Society Third Biennial Conference
and Symposium, Monterey,
California, November 11-13, 1988. 193 pp. (Includes papers on
photo-identification, census from sounds, molecular techniques, killer
whale communication, pollution, conservation efforts, cetacean and human
interactions.)
Andersen, H. T. (Editor)
l969
The Biology of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, NY.
5ll pp. (A technical review of many aspects of marine mammal biology.)
Andrews, R. C.
l9l4
Monographs of the Pacific Cetacea. l. The
California
Gray Whale (Rhachianectes glaucus Cope); Its History, Habits,
External Anatomy, Osteology, and Relationship. Memoirs
of the American Museum of Natural History (New Series), Vol. l,
No. 5, pp. 227‑287.
l9l6
Monographs of the Pacific Cetacea. II. The Sei Whale (Balaeoptera
borealis Lesson); History, Habits, External Anatomy, Osteology, and
Relationship. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural
History (New Series), Vol. l, No. 6, pp.289‑388.
Arseniev, V. A.
1986
Atlas of Marine Mammals. Expanded version of 1980
Russian language edition of Atlas of Marine Mammals of U. S. S. R. TFH
Publications, Neptune City, NJ. 269 pp. (Includes all living species
of seals and cetaceans; no longer regional)
Au, W. W. L.
1993
The Sonar of Dolphins. Springer-Verlag,
NY. 277 pp. (Reports the results of 22 years of study from an electrical
engineer's perspective. Incorporates literature from U.S. Navy labs
and other scientists including the Soviets. Suggests future research
areas that need exploration.)
Au, W. W. L., A. N. Popper, R.R. Fay (Editors)
2000
Hearing by Whales and Dolphins. Springer, NY. 485 pp.
(overview, communication and acoustic behavior, social behavior of wild
dolphins, etc.)
Baker A. N.
l999
Whales and Dolphins of New Zealand and Australia: an Identification
Guide, Updated
version. Victoria University Press, Wellington, N. Z. (Originally
published in 1972 as New Zealand Whales and Dolphins in Tuatara, in
1983 as Whales and Dolphins of New Zealand and Australia.) (Includes
natural history of cetaceans, species accounts, first aid for stranded
marine mammals, and methods for identifying from land and sea.)
Bannister, J.C.
1995
Western Australian Humpback and Right Whales: an Increasing Success
Story. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 52 pp.
Beddard, E. E.
l900
A Book of Whales. G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY. 320 pp. (A
good general treatment of whales and dolphins.) Out of print.
Beddington, J. R., R. J. H. Beverton, and D. M. Lavigne (Editors)
1985
Marine Mammals and Fisheries. George Allen &
Unwin Ltd., London and Winchester, MA. 354 pp. (Authoritative accounts
by marine biologists. Includes management problems, case studies of
interactions, and problems of estimating food consumption.)
Berzin, A. A.
l972
The Sperm Whale Edited by A. V. Yablokov. Translated
from the
Russian by E. Hoz and Z. Blake. Israel
Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem.
394 pp. (Available from the National Technical Information Service,
Springfield,
VA 2216l. Stock No. TT‑71‑50152.)
Bonner, W.N.
l980
(See Popular)
1989
(See Popular)
Born, E.W., R. Dietz, and R.R. Reeves (Editors)
1994
"Studies of White Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) and Narwhals
(Monodon monoceros) in Greenland and Adjacent Waters."
Meddelelser om Gronland. Bioscience
39: 259 pp. (19 articles on distribution and abundance, status and history
of exploitation, habitat use and behavior, age determination, growth,
reproduction, and presence of contaminants.) Can be ordered from the
Danish Polar Center, Strandgade 100H, DK-1401, Copenhagen K Denmark.
Boyd, I.L. (Editor)
1993
Marine Mammals: Advances in Behavioural and Population Biology.
The Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Zoological Society of London
on 9th and 10th April 1992. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
404 pp. (Main focus on pinnipeds.)
Bruyns, Captain W.F.J. Morzer
l97l
Field Guide of Whales and Dolphins. Amsterdam Pub. Co.,
Netherlands. 258 pp., illus. (A fascinating account by a non-scientist
who had years of experience as a ship’s captain.)
Bryden, M.M. and R. Harrison (Editors)
1986
Research on Dolphins. Clarendon Press, Oxford, NY. 479
pp. (Contributions by various authorities with experience of dolphins.
Includes natural history, anatomy and physiology, age and growth, captive
dolphins, and strandings.)
Burns, J.J., J.J. Montague, and C.J. Cowles (Editors)
1993
The Bowhead Whale. Special Publication Number 2. Society
for Marine Mammalogy, Lawrence, KS. 787 pp. (Comprehensive account including
physical environment of Bering Sea, evolutionary relationships, anatomy
and physiology, behavior, feeding, reproduction, mortality, distribution,
population dynamics, commercial whaling, noise and contaminants.)
Busnel, Ren'e‑Guy and J.F. Fish (Editors)
l979
Animal Sonar Systems: Proceedings of the Second International
Interdisciplinary Symposium on Animal Sonar Systems, Held in Jersey,
Channel Island, April l‑8, 1979. Plenum Press,
NY. ll35 pp. (Papers on behavior, systems analysis, signal to noise
ratios, and signal processing in a variety of animals including whales
and dolphins.)
Chapskii, K.K. and V.E. Sokolov (Editors)
l973
Morphology and Ecology of Marine Mammals; Seals, Dolphins, Porpoises.
J. Wiley Pub., NY 232 pp.
Clarke, M.R.
l979
"The Head of the Sperm Whale." Scientific American,
Vol. 240, No. l, January l979, pp. l28‑l4l.
Dalebout, M.L., J.G. Mead, C.S. Baker, A.N. Baker, and A.L. Van Helden
2002
“A New Species of Beaked Whale Mesoplodon perrini Sp.N. (Cetacea:Ziphiidae)
Discovered through Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial DNA Sequences.”
Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 18, No.,3, pp. 577-608.
Dierauf, L.A.and F.M.D. Gulland (Editors)
2001
CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine
.2nd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Boston. 1063 pp.(Includes
strandings, diseases, careers in marine mammal medicine, electronic
sites, tagging and tracking, necropsy, anatomy, endocrinology, pathology,
cytology and many more subjects.)
Discovery Committee, Colonial Office on Behalf of the
1929
Dependencies of The Falkland Islands and the National Institute of Oceanography.
Discovery Reports, Cambridge University Press, London.
(A continuing series of reports mainly on whales, their biology, distribution,
and behavior. Includes Sperm Whales, Southern Fin, Sei, Blue, Humpback,
Southern Right, and Burmeister's Porpoise.)
Eberhardt, L. L., D.G. Chapman, and J.R. Gilbert
l979
A Review of Marine Mammal Census Methods. Wildlife Monograph
No. 63. Wildlife Society, Washington, DC. 46 pp. (Techniques
currently used to estimate marine mammal populations; bibliography includes
titles of census studies of various species.)
Ellis, R.
l980
(See Popular)
1982
(See Popular)
1999
(See Whaling)
Evans, P. G. H.
1987
The Natural History of Whales & Dolphins. Facts
on File, N. Y. 343 pp. (Chapters on evolution, classification,
systematics and zoogeography, distribution, feeding, social organization
and behavior, life history, history of whaling, whales and man, past
and present.)
Evans, P. G. H and J. A. Raga (Editors)
2001
Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
NY. 630 pp. (Ecological and conservation emphasis; also focuses on physiology,
medicine, and evolution.)
Fontaine, P.H.
1998
Whales of the North
Atlantic: Biology and Ecology [Les Baleines de l’Atlantique
Nord]. E’ditions MultiMondes, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. 290 pp. (Translated
by Robert St. Laurent. Good photographs: decaying whale carcass, larynx,
tongue and mouth, beluga suction feeding, etc.)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
l978
Mammals in the Seas. FAO Fisheries Series No. 5,Vol.
l. Report of the FAO Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research. Working
Party on Marine Mammals. Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, Rome. 264 pp. (Summaries
of the
Bergen meeting of l976.)
1981
Mammals in the Seas. FAO Fisheries Series No. 5, Vol.
3. Report of the FAO Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research.
Working Party on Marine Mammals. General Papers. Large Cetaceans.
Selected Papers of the Scientific Consultation on the Conservation and
Management of Marine Mammals and Their Environment. 504 pp.
1982
Mammals in the Seas. FAO Fisheries Series No. 5,Vol.
4. Small Cetaceans, Seals, Sirenians, and Otters. FAO Advisory
Committee on Marine Resources Research Working Party on Marine Mammals. Selected
Papers of the Scientific Consultation on the Conservation and Management
of Marine Mammals and Their Environment held in Bergen, Norway in 1976. FAO,
Rome. 531 pp.
Ford, J. K. B., G. M. Ellis, and K. C. Balcomb
1994
Killer Whales: the Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus
orca in British Columbia and Washington State. 1975 reprint.
UBC Press, Vancouver: University of Washington Press, Seattle.
102 pp.
Fordyce, E. and L. Barnes
1994
"The Evolutionary History of Whales and Dolphins." In
G. W. Wetherill, A.C. Albee and K. C. Burke, editors, Annual Review
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 22, pp. 419-455. Annual
Reviews, Inc., Palo Alto,
CA
Fraser, F.C.
l974
Report on Cetacea Stranded on the British Coasts from l948
to l966. No. 14. British
Museum of Natural History. 65 pp. (The latest of a long series
containing a wealth of miscellaneous biological information; earlier
numbers co-authored by Harmer starts in 1913.)
l976
British Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. 5th edition.
Publication No. 549. British Museum of Natural History, London,
Sabbott‑Natural History Books, CA. 34 pp.
Gaskin, D. E.
1982
The Ecology of Whales and Dolphins. Heinemann,
London
and Exeter. 459 pp. (Encyclopedic review of cetaceans at population
level. Subjects include migration, orientation, navigation, breeding
grounds, metabolic rates and energy budgets, evolution, zoogeography.)
Geraci, J. B., and D.
J. St. Aubin (Editors)
1990
Sea Mammals and Oil: Confronting the Risks. Academic Press
Inc., San Diego.
282 pp. (Several sections on toxic and physiologic effects in cetaceans.)
Geraci, J.R. and V. J. Lounsbury
1993
Marine Mammals Ashore. A Field Guide for Stranding. 1998
reprint.. Texas
A&M Sea Grant College Program Publication TAMD-3G-93-601.
Galveston,
TX. 304 pp. (Describes how to gather scientifically valuable specimens
and data. Gives options for dealing with stranded animals of major groups.
CD-ROM available at a discount from the National Aquarium in Baltimore,
Marine Mammals Ashore Project, Pier 3, 501 East Pratt St., Baltimore,
MD 21202-3194.)
Haley, D. (Editor)
l986
(See Popular)
Hardy, A. C.
l967
Great Waters; A Voyage of Natural History to Study Whales, Plankton,
and the Waters of the Southern Ocean. Harper and Row, NY. 542
pp. (An account of the Discovery cruises and summary on pages 523‑534
of the first 34 volumes of the Discovery Reports.)
Harrison,
R.J. (Editor)
l972
The Functional Anatomy of Marine Mammals.
to 3 Vols. Academic
Press, London.
(Technical series)
1977
Harrison,
R.J. and J. King
l980
Marine Mammals. 2nd edition. Hutchinson &
Co., London. l92 pp., l2 figs. (Characteristics of whales, dolphins,
seals, manatees.)
Harrison, R. and M. M. Bryden (Editors)
1988
Whales Dolphins and Porpoises. Facts on File Publications,
N. Y., Oxford, England. 240 pp. (Excellent compendium; accounts
by 14 authorities. Useful information on evolution, distribution, adaptation,
reproduction, social behavior, interaction of whales and men, strandings.)
Heptner, V. G., K.K. Chapskii, V. A. Arsen'ev and V. E. Sokolov
1996
Mammals of the Soviet
Union. Volume II, Part 3, Pinnipeds and Toothed Whales.
Pinnipedia and Odontoceti. Scientific editor, James G. Mead.
Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, Washington,
DC 995 pp.
Herman, L. M.
l979
"Humpback Whales in Hawaiian Waters: A Study in Historical Ecology."
Pacific Science, Vol. 33,No. l, January l979, pp. l‑l5. (Review
of the appearance of whales within last 200 years in nearshore waters
of main islands of Hawaii.)
Herman, L. M. (Editor)
l980
Cetacean Behavior: Mechanisms and Functions. John Wiley
& Sons, NY. 463 pp. (Includes studies on communication, vision,
function of schools, social interaction, recognition and learning.)
Hershkovitz, P
l966
Catalog of Living Whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin
No. 246. Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC. 259 pp. (Bibliographic references of taxonomic data up
to l965; worldwide checklist.) Out of print.
Hoelzel, A. R., (Editor)
2002
Marine Mammal Biology. An Evolutionary Approach. Blackwell
Science Ltd., Malden, Massachusetts. 432 pp. (Includes chapters on zoogeography,
evolution, anatomy and physiology, neural morphology, sensory systems,
acoustic communication, movement, feeding ecology, reproductive strategies,
social behavior, memory, and conservation by experts in the field)
Hofman, R.J. and W. . Bonner
1985
"Conservation and Protection of Marine Mammals: Past, Present and
Future." Marine Mammal Science, Vol.
1, No. 2, April 1985, pp. 109‑127.
Horwood, J.
1987
The Sei Whale: Population Biology, Ecology and Management. Croom
Helm, London, New York. 375
pp.
1990
Biology and Exploitation of the Minke Whale. CRC Press,
Boca Raton, FL
238 pp.
Howell, A. B.
l930
Aquatic Mammals. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. 338
pp. l970 reprint by Dover Press. (A non‑technical discussion
of how various body parts of whales, seals and other animals are adapted
to aquatic life.)
Hoyt, E.
1988
The Whales of Canada.
Camden House Publishing Ltd., Ontario.
Reprint of 1984 edition. 127 pp.(20 species accounts; topics include
feeding, breeding, range maps, listing of whale research organizations
in Canada.)
Hunter, J.
1787
“Observations on the Structure and Oeconomy of Whales.” LXXVII,
Part II
Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, W. Bowyer
and J. Nichols for Lockyer Davis, printer to the Royal Society. Pp.371-450,
read June 28, 1787. Online reprint by JSTOR available from the Smithsonian
Institution Natural History Main Branch Library. ( The foundation of
modern cetology)
1809
“Observations
on the Structure and Economy of Whales.” Abridged edition by Charles
Hutton, George Shaw and Richard Pearson, 1809, 1665-1800, xvi (1785-1790),
1809, pp. 306-351. From Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London. LXXVII, Part II, art. XXXVIII, 1787,
pp. 371-450.
1981
“Observations on the Structure and Oeconomy of Whales (communicated
by Sir Joseph Banks, Read June 28, 1787.) Reprint In: Pilleri,
G., Investigations on Cetacea, 12 (supplement)[vi],
371-450, pls 16-23.
Huntley, A. C., D. P. Costa, G. A. J. Worthy, and M.A. Castellini ditors)
1987
Approaches to Marine Mammal Energetics. Society
for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication No. 1. Society for Marine Mammalogy,
Lawrence, Kansas. 253 pp. (Chapters on methodologies for measuring energetics:
basal metabolism, stomach content analyses, quantifying growth and energy
storage, food and waste measurements, respiratory exchange, mathematical
models.)
Idyll, C. P.
l960
Ambergris ‑Neptune's Treasure. Smithsonian Publication
440l. Smithsonian Press, Washington,
DC 7 pp. Out of print.
International Whaling Commission
l977
Report of the Special Meeting of the Scientific Committee on Sei
and Bryde's Whales. La Jolla, California, December, l974. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue l, The Red
House, Station Rd., Histon, Cambridge CB4 4NP. l50 pp.
1980
Sperm Whales: Special Issue 2. G.P. Donovan, editor.
Reports of the International Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station
Rd., Histon, Cambridge. 275 pp.
1981
Age Determination of Toothed Whales and Sirenians. Special
Issue 3. W.F. Perrin and A. C. Myrick, editors. Report and Papers
of a Meeting on the Age Determination of Odontocetes and Sirenians held
in La Jolla September l978. International Whaling Commission, The Red
House, Station Rd., Histon, Cambridge. 229 pp.
1982
Aboriginal/Subsistence Whaling (with special reference
to the
Alaska and Greenland
Fisheries). Special Issue 4. G. P. Donovan, editor. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station Rd.,
Histon, Cambridge. 86 pp.
1983
Special Issue on Historical Whaling Records. Special Issue
5. M. K. F. Tillman and G. P. Donovan, editors. Reports of the International
Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station Rd., Histon, Cambridge. 269
pp.
1984
Reproduction in Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. Special
Issue 6. W.F. Perrin, R.L. Brownell Jr., and D. P. DeMaster, editors.
Report and Papers of a Meeting on Cetacean Reproduction held in La Jolla
November 28 ‑ December 7, l98l. International Whaling Commission,
The Red House, Station Rd., Histon, Cambridge CB 4 4NP. 490 pp.
1986
Bibliography of Whale Killing Techniques. Special Issue
7. By E.D. Mitchell, R.R. Reeves, and A. Evely. Reports of the
International Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station Rd., Histon,
Cambridge. 162 pp.
1986 Behavior
of Whales in Relation to Management. Special Issue 8. G.P.
Donovan, editor. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. The
Red House, Station Rd., Histon, Cambridge. 282 pp.
1986
Right Whales: Past and Present Status. Special Issue
10. R. L. Brownell Jr., P.B. Best, and J.H. Prescott, editors.
Reports of the International Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station
Rd., Histon, Cambridge. 289 pp.
1988
The Biology of the Genus Cephalorhynchus. Special Issue
9. R.L. Brownell, Jr. and G. P. Donovan, editors. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission. The Red House,
Station Rd.,
Histon, Cambridge. 344 pp.
1989
The Comprehensive Assessment of Whale Stocks: the early years.
Special Issue 11. G.P. Donovan, editor. Reports of the International
Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station Rd., Histon, Cambridge.
210 pp.
1990
Individual Recognition of Cetaceans: Use of Photo-Identification
and other Techniques to Estimate Population Parameters. P.S.
Hammond, S. A. Mizrock and G. P. Donovan, editors. Special Issue 12.
Reports of the International Whaling Commission. The Red House,
Station Rd.,
Histon, Cambridge. 440 pp.
1991
Genetic Ecology of Whales and Dolphins. Special
Issue 13. A. R. Hoelzel and G.P. Donovan, editors. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station
Rd., Histon, Cambridge. 311 pp.
1993
Biology of Northern Hemisphere Pilot Whales. Special
Issue 14. G. P. Donovan, C. H. Lockyer, and A.R. Martin (Editors)
Report of the International Whaling Commission. The Red House, Station
Rd., Histon, Cambridge. 479 pp.
1995
Biology of the Phocoenids. Special Issue 16. A. Bjorge
and G. P. Donovan, editors. Report of the International Whaling Commission.
The Red House, Station Rd.,
Histon, Cambridge. 552 pp.
Jefferson
T. A. (Editor)
2004
Special Issue: Biology and Conservation of Humpback Dolphins (Sousa
spp.) Aquatic Mammals, Vol. 30, No. 1
Jefferson,
T. A., S. Leatherwood, and M.A. Webber
1993
Marine Mammals of the World. United Nations Environment
Programme: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Rome. 320 pp. (CD ROM Identification guide to marine mammals : cetaceans,
seals, and sirenians found in fresh water.) (Updated to 1996)
Jones, M. L., S. L. Swartz, and S. Leatherwood Jr.
1984
The Gray Whale: Eschrichtius robustus. Academic Press,
Orlando, FL. 600 pp., black and white photographs. (Technical
papers by researchers in field; a summary of current information on
evolution, fossils, history of whaling, distribution, migration, biology,
and behavior.)
Judd, M., C. Kemper, J. K. Ling and J. Olman
1992
A Guide to Whales and Whale Watching in
South
Australia. South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 32 pp.
- Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whaling,
Technical References (K-Z)
- Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whaling,
Popular Literature
- Whaling Reading List
- Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whaling,
Bibliographies and Sources of Information
Prepared by the Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
National Museum of Natural History,
in cooperation with the Public Inquiry Mail Service,
Smithsonian Institution
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