Final volume in the series which completes the dolphin and porpoise coverage. Each chapter provides a description of the species, and includes sections on the aspects of distribution and abundance, anatomy, physiology, behaviour, reproduction, parasites and diseases and the impact of human activity on the animal's population and well-being.
R.R. Reeves, C. Smeenk, C.C. Kinze, R.L. Brownell, Jr., and J. Lien, White-beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris. R.R. Reeves, C. Smeenk, R.L. Brownell, and C.C. Kinze, Atlantic White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus. R.L. Brownell, Jr., W.A. Walker, and K.A. Forney, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens. R.L. Brownell, Jr., and F. Cipriano, Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus. R.L. Brownell, Jr., E.A Crespo, and M. Donahue, Peale's Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis. R.L. Brownell, Jr., and M.A. Donahue, Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger. R.S. Wells and M.D. Scott, Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. S. Kruse, D.K. Caldwell, and M.C. Caldwell, Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus. D.K. Odell and K. Miller McClune, False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens. H.J. Bernard and S.B. Reilly, Pilot Whales, Globicephala. M.E. Dahlheim and J.E. Heyning, Killer Whale, Orcinus orca. A.J. Read, Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. O. Vidal, R.L. Brownell, Jr., and L.T. Findley, Vaquita, Phocoena sinus. R.L. Brownell, Jr., and P.J. Clapham, Spectacled Porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica. R.L. Brownell, Jr., and P.J. Clapham, Burmeister's Porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis. T. Kasuya, Finless Porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides. W.J. Houck and T.A. Jefferson, Dall's Porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli. Subject Index.
With the recent need for biological knowledge of cetaceans, this book is timely. ...This book is a good reference because it gives in a single volume a considerable amount of biological information... Overall, this is a useful and well-research handbook that belongs in the libraries of all cetacean researchers. Debra Palka, National Marine Fisheries Service, in THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY (2001)