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Photographic guide to the marine mammals of the North Atlantic
Kinze, C.C. (2002). Photographic guide to the marine mammals of the North Atlantic. Photographic Guides. Princeton University Press: Princeton. ISBN 0-19-852625-3. 192, ill., photos pp.
Part of: Photographic Guides. Oxford University Press: New York, more

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  • Kinze, C.C.

Abstract
    This new guide aims to promote interest in all species of marine mammals by providing clear, concise text accompanied by beautiful and informative illustrations. It is the ideal handbook for professionals and amateurs, students, and anyone with a general interest in marine mammals. After a short general introduction about biology of sea mammals and the North Atlantic, the rest of the book comprises a mammal-by-mammal field guide covering all forty species of whales, dolphins, seals, walruses, and polar bears that live in the North Atlantic. Each species has a distribution map and is beautifully illustrated with photographs that show the animals in life and painted illustrations that bring out details necessary for identifications. The text gives information about behaviour, reproduction, and distribution as well as providing a full description of each species. The book will be useful not just for serious biologists but also for enthusiasts of wildlife programmes, those who go on the numerous whale-watching tours and members of wildlife conservation groups.

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