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- Provides new insights into the remarkable physiological and behavioral adaptations of marine mammals
- Reviews anatomical, metabolic, thermoregulatory, locomotory, diving and behavioral adaptations of cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians and sea otters
- Covers information about the remarkable adaptation that enable marine mammals to spend much of their lives at sea while breath-hold diving to depths of up to 2,900 m
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“This book is the culmination of a tremendous amount of time digging into the scientific literature, and I think that the author has done an excellent job of presenting and summarizing all of this information.” (William D. Halliday, The Canadian Field-Naturalist, Vol. 134, 2020)
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Book Title: Marine Mammals
Book Subtitle: Adaptations for an Aquatic Life
Authors: Randall W. Davis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98280-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98278-6Published: 27 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98280-9Published: 14 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 302
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Zoology, Animal Physiology, Behavioral Sciences, Animal Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology