Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North Atlantic
by David K. Caldwell Howard Elliott Winn Stephen Leatherwood
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Chapters (248)
- Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- CLASSIFICATION OF CETACEANS
- DOLPHIN OR PORPOISE
- ORGANIZATION OF THE GUIDE
- HOW TO USE THE GUIDE
- To Identify Animals at Sea
- To Identify Stranded Animals
- To Record and Report Information
- DIRECTORY TO SPECIES ACCOUNTS
- LARGE WHALES (40-85 feet [12-26 m] maximum overall length)
- With a Dorsal Fin
- (40-65 feet [12-20 m] maximum overall length)
- Without a Dorsal Fin
- MEDIUM-SIZED WHALES (13-32 feet [4-10 m] maximum overall length)
- With a Dorsal Fin
- (13-16 feet [4-5 m] maximum overall length)
- Without a Dorsal Fin
- SMALL WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES (less than 13 feet [4 m] maximum overall length)
- With a Dorsal Fin
- SPECIES ACCOUNTS
- Large Whales With a Dorsal Fin
- BLUE WHALE (B)[9] Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus 1758)
- FIN WHALE (B) Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758)
- SEI WHALE (B) Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828
- BRYDE'S WHALE (B) Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879
- HUMPBACK WHALE (B) Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski 1781)
- Large Whales Without a Dorsal Fin
- BOWHEAD WHALE (B) Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
- RIGHT WHALE (B) Eubalaena glacialis (Borowski 1781)
- SPERM WHALE (T) Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
- Medium-sized Whales With a Dorsal Fin
- MINKE WHALE (B) Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede 1804
- NORTHERN BOTTLENOSED WHALE (T) Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster 1770)
- GOOSEBEAKED WHALE (T) Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823
- OTHER BEAKED WHALES (T) Mesoplodon spp.
- TRUE'S BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon minis True 1913
- ANTILLEAN BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais 1855) (equals M. gervaisi [Deslongchamps])
- DENSE-BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville in Desmarest 1817)
- NORTH SEA BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby 1804)
- KILLER WHALE (T) Orcinus orca (Linnaeus 1758)
- FALSE KILLER WHALE (T) Pseudorca crassidens (Owen 1846)
- ATLANTIC PILOT WHALE (T) Globicephala melaena (Traill 1809)
- SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE (T) Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846
- GRAMPUS (T) Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier 1812)
- Medium-sized Whales Without a Dorsal Fin
- BELUGA (T) Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
- NARWHAL (T) Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
- Small Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises With a Dorsal Fin
- ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN (T) Stenella plagiodon (Cope 1866)
- BRIDLED DOLPHIN (T) Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier 1829)
- SPINNER DOLPHIN (T) Stenella longirostris Gray 1828
- STRIPED DOLPHIN (T) Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen 1833)
- SADDLEBACK DOLPHIN (T) Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
- FRASER'S DOLPHIN (T) Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser 1956
- ATLANTIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN (T) Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828)
- WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN (T) Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray 1846
- ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSED DOLPHIN (T) Tursiops truncatus (Montague 1821)
- GUIANA DOLPHIN (T) Sotalia guianensis (P.-J. van Beneden 1864)
- ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHIN (T) Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson 1828)
- PYGMY KILLER WHALE (T) Feresa attenuata Gray 1874
- MANY-TOOTHED BLACKFISH (T) Peponocephala electra (Gray 1846)
- PYGMY SPERM WHALE (T) Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)
- DWARF SPERM WHALE (T) Kogia simus (Owen 1866)
- HARBOR PORPOISE (T) Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- APPENDIX A TAGS ON WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES
- Static Tags
- Radio Transmitter Tags
- Natural Markings
- APPENDIX B RECORDING AND REPORTING OBSERVATIONS OF CETACEANS AT SEA
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- SIGHTING INFORMATION
- APPENDIX C STRANDED WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES With a Key to the Identification of Stranded Cetaceans of the Western North Atlantic
- Stranded Animals
- Identifying the Animal
- KEY TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF STRANDED CETACEANS OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC
- APPENDIX D RECORDING AND REPORTING DATA ON STRANDED CETACEANS
- APPENDIX E LIST OF INSTITUTIONS TO CONTACT REGARDING STRANDED CETACEANS
- CANADA
- UNITED STATES
- OTHERS
- NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars
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