Kaiya, Z. and Z. Xingduan.
1991 Baiji :the Yantze
River Dolphin and other Endangered Animals of
China.
Stonewall Press, Inc., Washington, DC 132 pp. (Summary of research
by Chinese scientists.)
Kanwisher, J. W. and S. H. Ridgway
1983 "The Physiological Ecology of Whales and
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Katona, S., P. Harcourt, J. S. Perkins, and S.D.
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l980 Humpback Whales. A Catalogue of
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Katona, S. K., V. Rough, and D. T. Richardson
1993 A Field Guide to Whales, Porpoises and
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DC. 316 pp.
Kellogg, W. N.
l96l Porpoises and Sonar. University
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King, J. K., and M. M. Bryden (Editors)
1985 Studies of Sea Mammals in South Latitudes. South
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Kinze, C. C.
2002 Marine Mammals of the
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Kirkevold, B., and J. S. Lockard (Editors)
1986 Behavioral Biology of Killer Whales.
Zoo Biology Monographs, Vol. 1. Liss, NY.
457 pp.
Kleinenberg, S.E. et al
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Service, Springfield, VA 22l6l. Stock No. TT‑67‑5l345.)
Klevezal, G. A.
1996 Recording Structures of Mammals. Determination
of Age and Reconstruction of Life History. Revised and updated
edition in English from original 1988 text. Translated by M. V. Mina
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Klinowska, M. (compiler)
1991 Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the
World. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
429 pp. (Includes an introduction by Justin Cooke, an overview to
the Red Data Books, general biology of cetaceans, nomenclature, threats,
population, status, and research. Majority of text devoted to
review of species.)
Leatherwood, S., and R.R. Reeves
1983 (See Popular)
Leatherwood, S., R.R. Reeves, W.F. Perrin and W.
E. Evans
1988 Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of the
Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters. A
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(Corrected and slightly revised republication of 1982 NOAA Tech Report,
Circular 444.)
Leatherwood, S., R.R. Reeves, W.F. Perrin and W.
E.Evans
1988 Ballenas. Delfines y Marsopas del Pacifico
Nororiental y de las Aguas Articas Adyacentes. Una Guia Para su Identificacion.
Informe Especial No. 6, Comision Inter-americana del Atun Tropical,
La Jolla, CA 245 pp. Translated from the English publication.
Leatherwood, S. and R. R. Reeves (Editors)
1989 The Bottlenose Dolphin. Academic
Press, San Diego, CA 653 pp. (Recent biological and behavioral
discoveries about bottlenose dolphins from different regions; subjects
covered include evolution and fossil record, anatomy and physiology,
systematics, biology, behavior, distribution, husbandry and captive
breeding, and research techniques.)
Lien, J. and S. Katona
1990 A Guide to the Photographic Identification
of Individual Whales Based on Their Natural and Acquired Markings.
Breakwater, St. Johns, Newfoundland. 77 pp.
Lilly, J.C.
l975 Lilly on Dolphins: Humans
of the Sea. Anchor Press, Garden City, NY. 500 pp. (Revised
edition of two books by Lilly: Man and Dolphin and
The Mind of the Dolphin.)
Mackintosh, N. A.
l965 The Stocks of Whales. Fishing
News Books Ltd., London. 232 pp. (Chapters include seasonal
cycle, distribution and segregation of the populations, population
structure, the whaling industry and its regulation, and stock analysis
of specific whale species.)
Mammal Society
1990 (See Whaling)
Mammalian Species Accounts/ American Society of Mammalogists
1972 Lipotes vexillifer.
Mammalian Species, No. 10, by R. L., Brownell,
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(White‑flag Dolphin)
1974 Phocoena phocoena.
Mammalian Species, No 42, by D. E. Gaskin et al. June
28, 1974, pp. 1-8. (Harbor Porpoise)
1975 Phocoena dioptrica.
Mammalian Species, No. 66, by R. L. Brownell, Jr., November
21, 1975, pp. 1‑3. (Spectacled Porpoise)
l980 Monodon monoceros.
Mammalian Species, No.l27, by R.R. Reeves and S. Tracey,
April l5, l980, 1‑7 pp. (Narwhal)
1983 Phocoena sinus.
Mammalian Species, No. 198, by R. L. Brownell, Jr.,
April 8, 1983, pp. 1‑3. (Cochito)
1984 Phocoena spinipinnis.
Mammalian Species, No. 217, by R. L. Brownell, Jr.,
and R. Praderi, April 27, 1984, pp. 1‑4. (Burmeister's
Porpoise)
1985 Mesoplodon stejnegeri.
Mammalian Species, No. 250, by T.R. Loughlin and M.A.
Perez, December 13, 1985, pp. 1‑6. (Stejneger's Beaked Whale)
1985 Kogia simus.
Mammalian Species, No. 239, by D. Nagorsen, May 24,
1985, pp. 1-6. (Dwarf Sperm Whale)
1988 Orcinus orca.
Mammalian Species, No. 304, by J. E. Heyning and M.
E. Dahlheim, January 1988, pp. 1‑9. (Killer Whale.)
1988 Phocoenoides dalli.
Mammalian Species, No. 319, by T.A. Jefferson, December
27, 1988, pp. 1‑7. (Dall's Porpoise)
1989 Delphinapteurus leucas. Mammalian
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12, 1989, pp. 1‑8. (Beluga)
1993 Lissodelphis borealis.
Mammalian Species, No. 425, by T. A. Jefferson, and
M. W. Newcomer, April 23, 1993, pp. 1-6. (Northern Right Whale Dolphin)
1993 Inia geoffrencis. Mammalian
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23, 1993, pp. 1-8. (Boto)
1994 Pseudorca crassidens.
Mammalian Species, No. 456, by P. J. Stacey et al.,
June 2, 1994, pp. 1-6. (False Killer Whale)
1994 Lagenodelphis hosei. Mammalian
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June 2, 1994, pp. 1-5. (Fraser's Dolphin)
1996 Sotalia fluviatilus.
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R. C. Best, May 17, 1996, pp. 1-7. (Tucuxi)
1998 Stenella longirostris Mammalian
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(Spinner Dolphin)
1999 Stenella coeruleoalba, Mammalian Species,
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Dolphin)
1999 Megaptera novaeangliae, Mammalian
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5, 1999, pp. 1-9. (Humpback whale)
1999 Orcaella brivirostris, Mammalian
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(Irawaddy Dolphin)
2001 Sousa chinensis, Mammalian
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23, 2001, pp. 1-9. (Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin)
2001
Stenella
attenuata, Mammalian Species, No. 683, by W.F. Perrin, pp. 1-8.
(Pantropical Spotted Dolphin)
2001
Mesoplodon europaeus, Mammalian
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26, 2001, pp. 1-5.(Gervais’ Beaked Whale)
2002
Stenella frontalis, Mammalian Species,
No.702, by W.F. Perrin, July, pp. 1-6. (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin)
2003 Stenella clymene,
Mammalian Species, No. 726, by T. A. Jefferson and
B. E. Curry, July 30, 2003, pp. 1-5 (Clymene Dolphin)
Mann, J., R. C. Connor, P. L. Tyack, and H. Whitehead
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2000 Cetacean Societies. Field Studies of
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London. 433 pp. (Social behavior, long term studies, communication,
feeding behavior, reproductive behavior, comparisons of bottlenose
dolphin, killer whale, sperm whale, humpback, conservation and research.)
Martin, A. and International Team of Experts
1990 (See Popular)
Matthews, L. Harrison
l978 The Natural History of the Whale.
Columbia University Press, NY. 2l9 pp., illus. (History of whale
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communication, echolocation, migration, growth, reproduction, disease
and enemies.)
Mchedlidze, G. A.
1984 General Features of the Paleobiological
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the National Technical Information Service, Springfield,
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Mead, J. G., and Gold, J.P.
2002 (See
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Mead, J. G., W. A. Walker, and W. J. Houck
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Melville, H.
l85l Moby Dick. Various
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whaling than many modern works, with fewer errors.)
Mitchell, E.
l975 Porpoise, Dolphin and Small Whale
Fisheries of the World. Status and Problems. IUCN Monograph
No. 3. International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources, Morges,
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and techniques used by the fisheries; a discussion of exploitation
using geographic and systematic categories.)
Morgane, PJ ., M.S. Jacobs, and W. L. McFarland
l980 The Anatomy of the Brain of the
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National Academy of Sciences
l985 Jojoba: New Crop for Arid Lands,
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National Marine Fisheries/ NOAA
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updates; reports current status of all marine mammal species, ecological
problems, current research, general biology and bibliographies on
each species.)
National Research Council
1992 Dolphins and the Tuna Industry.
Committee on Reducing Porpoise Mortality from Tuna Fishing.
National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 192 pp.
Norman, J. R. and F. C. Fraser
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Putman, London. 36l pp. (One of the few guides to whales. Old but
good.) Out of print.
Norris, K. S. (Editor)
l966 Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises:
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University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. 789
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distribution and natural history, anatomy, physiology and sea animal
propulsion, underwater observation and recordings, communication,
echo‑location, and recognition and behavior.)
Norris, K. S., B. Wursig, R. S. Wells, and M. Wursig
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1994 The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin.
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description of species, systematics, social organization of populations,
reproduction, vision, vocalization, hearing, feeding, cooperative
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Northridge, S. P.
1984 World Review of Interactions between
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Nowak, R.
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Walker's
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2003 Walker’s Marine Mammals of the World.
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Ocean Studies Board and National Research Council
2000 Marine Mammals and Low Frequency Sound:
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Office of Naval Research, National Academy Press, Washington,
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Oceanus Magazine
1989 "Whither the Whales?" Oceanus,
Vol. 32, No.1, Spring 1989, 144 pp. Entire issue devoted to the biology
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Payne, R. (Editor)
1983 Communication and Behavior of Whales.
AAAS Selected Symposium 76. Westview Press, CO. 643 pp. (Papers on
vocalizations, behavior on breeding grounds, migratory destinations
and stock identification, and research techniques.)
Perrin, W.F. (Compiler)
1988 Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales. An Action
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IUCN Publications Service, Cambridge,
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Perrin, W.F., R. L. Brownell, Jr., Z. Kaiya, and
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1989 Biology and Conservation of the River
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Union for the Conservation of Nature, Cambridge, U.K. 173 pp. (Consists
of a general report that includes brief reviews of the distribution,
biology, population status, and conservation of each of five species
and revised versions of 24 papers on these species detailing physiology,
behavior, and conservation issues.)
Perrin, W.F., M. L. L. Dolar, and M. N. R. Alava
1996 Report of the Workshop on the Biology
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Perrin, W.F., B. Wursig, and J. G. M. Thewissen,
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2002
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experts in the field on all aspects of biology and behavior.)
Pilleri, G.
l980 The Secrets of the Blind Dolphin.
Sind Wildlife Management Board, Karachi,
Pakistan. 2l5 pp. (Field observations and laboratory studies of the
endangered river dolphin.)
Pilleri, G. (Editor)
l969 Investigations on Cetacea.
Brain Anatomy Institute, Berne, Switzerland. (Technical papers, published
yearly, on taxonomy, ecology, behavior, bioacoustics, anatomy, parasitology,
and history of cetaceans.)
Pivorunas, A.
l979 "The Feeding Mechanisms of Baleen
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the Gray Whale, and Finner Whales.)
Pryor, K. and K. S. Norris (Editors)
1991 Dolphin Societies. Discoveries
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397 pp. (Field studies and captive studies of dolphins and killer
whale behavior.)
Reeves, R.R., E. Mitchell, A. Mansfield, and M. McLaughlin
1983 "Distribution and Migration of the Bowhead
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Reeves, R.R., Leatherwood, S. and Lal Mohan, R. S.
1993 A Future for Asian
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Reeves, R., S. Leatherwood, and IUCN/SSC Cetacean
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1994 Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales: 1994-1998
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Switzerland. 92 pp. (Revised edition of 1989 Dolphins, Porpoises,
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Reeves, R.R., B.S. Stewart, P. J. Clapham
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2002 National Audubon Society Guide to Marine
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maps and life history statistics defined at the end of each
species account. Well done.) `
Reynolds, J. E., III, and D. K. Odell (Editors)
1991 Marine Mammal Strandings in the
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Reynolds, J. E., III, and S.
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1999 Biology of Marine Mammals.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 578 pp. (Comprehensive
work written by experts in the field on many aspects of biology and
behavior)
Reynolds, J. E., III, R. S . Wells, and S.D. Eide
2000 The Bottlenose Dolphin. Biology
and Conservation. University Press of Florida Gainesville, Florida.
289 pp. (Includes evolution, anatomy, life history, behavior, human
interactions, intelligence, conservation.)
Rice, D. W., and A. Wolman
l97l The Life History and
Ecology of the Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Special
Publication No.3. American Society of Mammalogists. l42 pp.
Richardson, W J., C.R. Greene, Jr., C.I. Malme, and D. H. Thomson
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1995 Marine Mammals and Noise. Academic
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Ridgway, S. H. (Editor)
l972 Mammals of the Sea: Biology and
Medicine. Charles C Thomas, Springfield,
Illinois. 8l2 pp., many figs. (A general review of marine mammal biology
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Ridgway, S. H., and R.J. Harrison (Editors)
1985 Handbook of Marine
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to
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1999 Whales, 1985, 362 pp.,
Vol. 4: River Dolphins and the Larger Toothed Whales,
cont. 1989, 442 pp., Vol.
5: The First Book of Dolphins, 1994, 416 pp., Vol. 6: The
Second Book of Dolphins and Porpoises, 1999, 486 pp.
Rohr, J. J., F. E. Fish, and J. W. Gilpatrick,
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2002 “Maximum Swim Speeds of Captive and Free-ranging
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studies that demonstrate realistic maximum speeds.)
Ross, G. J. B.
l979 "Records of Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm
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1984 "The Smaller Cetaceans of the
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2001 Eye of the Whale: Epic Passage from Baja
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