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Title The Hawaiian spinner dolphin / Kenneth S. Norris [and others] ; illustrations by Jenny Wardrip
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 408 pages)
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Introduction / Norris, Kenneth S. -- One. The Spinner Dolphin / Norris, Kenneth S. / Würsig, Bernd / Wells, Randall S. -- Two. The Island Habitat / Wells, Randall S. / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Three. Observing Dolphins Underwater / Norris, Kenneth S. / Wells, Randall S. -- Four. A Spinner Dolphin's Day / Würsig, Bernd / Wells, Randall S. / Norris, Kenneth S. / Würsig, Melany -- Five. Aerial Behavior / Norris, Kenneth S. / Würsig, Bernd / Wells, Randall S. -- Six. Population Structure / Würsig, Bernd / Wells, Randall S. / Würsig, Melany / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Seven. The Visual Domain / Norris, Kenneth S. / Wells, Randall S. / Johnson, Christine M. -- Eight. The Acoustic Domain / Brownlee, Shannon M. / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Nine. Patterns Of Reproduction / Wells, Randall S. / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Ten. Locomotion / Norris, Kenneth S. / Johnson, Christine M. -- Eleven. Breathing At Sea / Norris, Kenneth S. / Johnson, Christine M. -- Twelve. Food And Feeding / Würsig, Bernd / Wells, Randall S. / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Thirteen. Schools And Schooling / Norris, Kenneth S. / Johnson, Christine M. -- Fourteen. Social Behavior / Johnson, Christine M. / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Fifteen. Predators, Parasites, And Multispecies Aggregations / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Sixteen. Comparative View Of Cetacean Social Ecology, Culture, And Evolution / Norris, Kenneth S. -- Overview -- Appendix A: Those Who Helped -- Appendix B: Materials and Methods -- Literature Cited -- Index
Summary Twenty years in the making by a distinguished dolphin expert and his associates, The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin is the first comprehensive scientific natural history of a dolphin species ever written. From their research camp at Kealakeakua Bay in Hawaii, these scientists followed a population of wild spinner dolphins by radiotracking their movements and, with the use of a windowed underwater vessel, observing the details of their underwater social life. The authors begin with a description of the spinner dolphin species, its morphology and systematics, and then examine the ocean environment, the organization of dolphin populations, and the way this school-based society of mammals uses shorelines for rest and instruction of the young. The dolphins' reproductive cycle, their vision, vocalization, hearing, breathing, and feeding, and the integration of the school are carefully analyzed. The authors conclude with a comprehensive evolutionary analysis of this marine cultural system, with its behavioral flexibility and high levels of cooperation. This absorbing book is the richest source available of new scientific insights about the lives of wild dophins and how their societies evolved at sea
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-395) and index
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Subject Stenella longirostris -- Hawaii
Stenella longirostris -- Behavior -- Hawaii
Stenella longirostris -- Research -- Hawaii
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
Stenella longirostris
Stenella longirostris -- Behavior
Stenella longirostris -- Research
Hawaii
Form Electronic book
Author Norris, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Stafford)
LC no. 2021700829
ISBN 9780520913547
052091354X
1282356518
9781282356511