The Bottlenose Dolphin

The Bottlenose Dolphin
ISBN-10
0323139612
ISBN-13
9780323139618
Category
Science
Pages
653
Language
English
Published
2012-12-02
Publisher
Elsevier
Authors
Stephen Leatherwood, Randall R. Reeves

Description

Because of their exposure in marine parks, movies, and television as well as their presence in tropical and warm-temperature waters around the world, bottlenose dolphins are among the most familiar of marine mammals. Since they are relatively easy to obtain and they thrive in captivity, these dolphins have been used in a great variety of studies. Work with the bottlenose has provided insight into the sensory mechanisms, communication systems, energetics, reproduction, anatomy, and other aspects of cetacean biology. This volume presents the most recent biological and behavioral discoveries of bottlenose dolphins from different regions and compares bottlenose dolphins as a group with other species of animals.

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