The Urban Whale
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-03475-4 (ISBN)
In 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished at the sight of 25 right whales. It was, one scientist later recalled, “like finding a brontosaurus in the backyard.” Until that time, scientists believed the North Atlantic right whale was extinct or nearly so. The sightings electrified the research community, spurring a quarter century of exploration, which is documented here.
The authors present our current knowledge about the biology and plight of right whales, including their reproduction, feeding, genetics, and endocrinology, as well as fatal run-ins with ships and fishing gear. Employing individual identifications, acoustics, and population models, Scott Kraus, Rosalind Rolland, and their colleagues present a vivid history of this animal, from a once commercially hunted commodity to today’s life-threatening challenges of urban waters.
Hunted for nearly a millennium, right whales are now being killed by the ocean commerce that supports our modern way of life. This book offers hope for the eventual salvation of this great whale.
Scott D. Kraus is Vice President for Research at the New England Aquarium. Rosalind M. Rolland is Senior Scientist/Policy Analyst, Global Marine Programs and Research, the New England Aquarium.
* Preface * List of Marine Species * Abbreviations * Right Whales in the Urban Ocean Scott D. Kraus and Rosalind M. Rolland * Near-Annihilation of a Species: Right Whaling in the North Atlantic Randall R. Reeves, Tim D. Smith, and Elizabeth A. Josephson * Right Whales Tell Their Own Stories: The Photo-Identification Catalog Philip K. Hamilton, Amy R. Knowlton, and Marilyn K. Marx * Surveying for Discovery, Science, and Management Moira W. Brown, Scott D. Kraus, Christopher K. Slay, and Lance P. Garrison * Enormous Carnivores, Microscopic Food, and a Restaurant That's Hard to Find Mark F. Baumgartner, Charles A. Mayo, and Robert D. Kenney * High Investment, Low Return: The Strange Case of Reproduction in Eubalaena glacialis Scott D. Kraus, Richard M. Pace III, and Timothy R. Frasier * Right Whales Past and Present as Revealed by Their Genes Timothy R. Frasier, Brenna A. Mcleod, Roxanne M. Gillett, Moira W. Brown, and Bradley N. White * The Inner Whale: Hormones, Biotoxins, and Parasites Rosalind M. Rolland, Kathleen E. Hunt, Gregory J. Doucette, Lora G. Rickard, and Samuel K. Wasser * External Perspectives on Right Whale Health Rosalind M. Rolland, Philip K. Hamilton, Marilyn K. Marx, Heather M. Pettis, Carolyn M. Angell, and Michael J. Moore * Acoustic Communication: Social Sounds and the Potential Impacts of Noise Susan E. Parks and Christopher W. Clark * Listening to Their World: Acoustics for Monitoring and Protecting Right Whales in an Urbanized Ocean Christopher W. Clark, Douglas Gillespie, Douglas P. Nowacek, and Susan E. Parks * Right Whale Mortality: A Message from the Dead to the Living Michael J. Moore, William A. Mclellan, Pierre-Yves Daoust, Robert K. Bonde, and Amy R. Knowlton * The Entangled Lives of Right Whales and Fishermen: Can They Coexist? Amanda J. Johnson, Scott D. Kraus, John F. Kenney, and Charles A. Mayo * Running the Gauntlet: Right Whales and Vessel Strikes Amy R. Knowlton and Moira W. Brown * Right Whales and Climate Change: Facing the Prospect of a Greenhouse Future Robert D. Kenney * The Big Picture: Modeling Right Whales in Space and Time Lance P. Garrison * The Urban Whale Syndrome Scott D. Kraus and Rosalind M. Rolland * Appendix A: Permit Information * Appendix B: Opportunistic Contributors to the Right Whale Catalog * Appendix C: Other Resources * Acknowledgments * Contributors * Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.4.2010 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 34 color illustrations, 116 halftones, 48 line illustrations, 21 tables |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-674-03475-9 / 0674034759 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-03475-4 / 9780674034754 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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