The Whale Problem : : A Status Report / / ed. by William E. Schevill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Aguayo L., Anelio,; Bannister, J. L.,; Bartholomew, G. A.,; Best, Peter B.,; Chapman, D. G.,; Doi, Takeyuki,; Evans, W. E.,; Evans, William E.,; Gambell, Ray,; Gulland, J. A.,; Jonsgärd, Age,; McHugh, J. L.,; McVay, Scott,; Mitchell, Edward,; Norris, Kenneth S.,; Ohsumi, Seiji,; Omura, Hideo,; Ray, G. Carleton,; Rice, Dale W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Schevill, William E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (419 p.) :; 1 Frontispiz, zahlr. Abb.

Whales--are they destined for immediate extinction or will a workable method of controlling their harvest soon appear? In an attempt to answer these and other biological questions related to whaling, the U.S. Department of the Interior, New York Zoological Society, Smithsonian Institution, International Biological Program, and several other organizations sponsored an international conference on the biology of whales in June 1971. The conference brought together experts on cetacean biology and population dynamics of whale stocks and relevant aspects of their biology. This volume collects papers written for that conference by nineteen authors representing eight nations. The topics discussed include cetacean biology and natural history; methods of estimating the numbers of whales; population counts before, during, and after intensive whaling; recovery rates as whaling diminishes or stops; improved ways of managing whales as a resource; and suggestions for further research. There is in addition a historical chapter on the International Whaling Commission, its failures and its positive accomplishments.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE. Conference Summary -- CHAPTER 1. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WHALES IN RELATION TO BASIC PRODUCTIVITY -- CHAPTER 2. STATUS OF THE WHALE POPULATIONS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND CURRENT RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 3. A. THE FIN AND SEI WHALE STOCKS OFF DURBAN -- Chapte 3 Β. SPERM WHALES OFF DURBAN -- CHAPTER 4. ON WHALE EXPLOITATION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN -- CHAPTER 5. PRESENT STATUS OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FIN AND OTHER WHALE STOCKS* -- CHAPTER 6. WHALES AND WHALE RESEARCH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC Dale W. Rice -- CHAPTER 7. RESEARCH ON WHALE BIOLOGY OF JAPAN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NORTH PACIFIC STOCKS -- CHAPTER 8. BALEEN WHALES OFF CONTINENTAL CHILE -- CHAPTER 9. STATUS OF ANTARCTIC RORQUAL STOCKS -- CHAPTER 10. WHALE POPULATIONS AND CURRENT RESEARCH OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA -- CHAPTER 11. THE BIOLOGY OF THE SPERM WHALE AS IT RELATES TO STOCK MANAGEMENT -- CHAPTER 12. THE RELATION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHALES TO THEIR MANAGEMENT -- CHAPTER 13. THE ROLE AND HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION -- CHAPTER 14. ESTIMATION OF POPULATION PARAMETERS OF ANTARCTIC BALEEN WHALES -- CHAPTER 16. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WHALE SIGHTING THEORY -- CHAPTER 17. REFLECTIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WHALING -- CHAPTER 18. RADIO-TELEMETRIC STUDIES OF TWO SPECIES OF SMALL ODONTOCETE CETACEANS -- CHAPTER 19. NEW TAGGING AND TRACKING METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF MARINE MAMMAL BIOLOGY AND MIGRATION -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX -- PREFACE