Europe's Sea Mammals Including the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde : : A field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals / / Tim Stenton, Luís Dias, Robert Still, Hugh Harrop.

A state-of-the-art photographic identification guide to Europe's whales, dolphins, porpoises and sealsThis cutting-edge photographic identification guide to Europe's sea mammals-the only such guide of its kind-covers the 39 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and 9 species of seals f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:WILDGuides ; 42
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 374 color photos, 44 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • EUROPE'S SEA MAMMALS
  • Preface
  • How to use this guide
  • What is a sea mammal?
  • The region covered by this guide
  • Threats to sea mammals in the 21st century
  • Recording techniques and photography
  • Watching Europe's sea mammals - Where and when to look
  • The Species Accounts - Identification at Sea
  • Glossary
  • Observation guidelines
  • Stranded cetaceans and sea mammal rescue
  • Species mentioned in the accounts
  • Legislation
  • References
  • Photographic and artwork credits
  • Non-English names of cetaceans
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments