Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology
Berta and Sumich have succeeded yet again in creating superior marine reading! This book is a succinct yet comprehensive text devoted to the systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology, physiology, and behavior of marine mammals. The first edition, considered the leading text in the field, is required reading for all marine biologists concerned with marine mammals. Revisions include updates of citations, expansion of nearly every chapter and full color photographs. This title continues the...
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Berta and Sumich have succeeded yet again in creating superior marine reading! This book is a succinct yet comprehensive text devoted to the systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology, physiology, and behavior of marine mammals. The first edition, considered the leading text in the field, is required reading for all marine biologists concerned with marine mammals. Revisions include updates of citations, expansion of nearly every chapter and full color photographs. This title continues the tradition by fully expanding and updating nearly all chapters.• Comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the biology of all marine mammals • Provides a phylogenetic framework that integrates phylogeny with behavior and ecology • Features chapter summaries, further readings, an appendix, glossary and an extensive bibliography• Exciting new color photographs and additional distribution maps Booknews Designed both as an advanced text and as a reference for professionals, this book employs a comparative phylogenic approach to marine mammal diversity. By establishing an evolutionary framework for the principal lineages, it provides a phylogenic context for chapters on major organ systems, diving physiology, diet, sound production and echolocation, reproductive behavior, and conservation. Berta teaches biology at San Diego State University. Sumich teaches biology at Grossmont College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceAcknowledgments1IntroductionPt. IEvolutionary History2Systematics and Classification3Pinniped Evolution and Systematics4Cetacean Evolution and Systematics5Sirenians and Other Marine Mammals: Evolution and Systematics6Evolutionary BiogeographyPt. IIEvolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Behavior7Integumentary, Sensory, and Urinary Systems8Musculoskeletal System and Locomotion9Respiration, Diving, and Breath-Hold Physiology10Sound Production for Communication, Echolocation, and Prey Capture11Diet, Foraging Structures, and Strategies12Mating, Breeding, and Social Organization13Reproductive Structures, Patterns, and Strategies14Population Structure and Population Dynamics15Exploitation and ConservationAppClassification of Marine MammalsGlossaryIndex
\ From the Publisher"All scientists and students who study marine mammals should read it...the book contains a wealth of information.\ - Frank E. Fish, Department of Biology, West Chester University in ANIMAL BIOLOGY\ "...a crucial resource spanning many disparate research venues...Each chapter provides extensive references for further research."\ - Peggy Dominy in E-STREAMS\ "...highly welcome...the authors succeed again in presenting a book that is simultaneously challenging and easily readable for students."\ - M. S. Fischer, Jena, in JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH\ "...will certainly be popular with students, because it is clearly and concisely written, and intelligently illustrated."\ - in CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS\ "...it is a thorough, precise and clearly written reference that will admirably serve those interested in the evolution of marine mammals."\ - Corey J.A. Bradshaw, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, in POLAR RESEARCH\ \ \ \ \ \ BooknewsDesigned both as an advanced text and as a reference for professionals, this book employs a comparative phylogenic approach to marine mammal diversity. By establishing an evolutionary framework for the principal lineages, it provides a phylogenic context for chapters on major organ systems, diving physiology, diet, sound production and echolocation, reproductive behavior, and conservation. Berta teaches biology at San Diego State University. Sumich teaches biology at Grossmont College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \ \ Axel MeyerThere is great need for a text that takes a strongly evolutionary approach to the study of marine mammals. This book fills that niche. It will be useful for both upper level undergraduates and graduates and for researchers in marine mammal science. It is well researched, lucidly written and bang up to date. I was also impressed by the informed and balanced treatment of current debates, such as that on the phylogenetic relationships within and among cetaceans. \ — Nature Magazine\ \
