The dusky dolphin
Subtitle: master acrobat off different shores
By: edited by Bernd Würsig and Melany Würsig
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier/Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780080920351
Subjects: Dusky dolphin; Conservation; Behavior; Human-animal relationships
Notes: Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: The dusky dolphins' place in the delphinid family tree / April D. Harlin-Cognato; title: Dusky dolphin life history and demography / Frank Cipriano and Marc Webber; title: Dusky dolphin trophic ecology : their role in the food web / Silvana L. Dans ... [et al.]; title: Acoustics of dusky dolphins / Whitlow W.L. Au, Marc O. Lammers, and Suzanne Yin; title: Dusky dolphins foraging at night / Adrian D. Dahood and Kelly J. Benoit-Bird; title: Dusky dolphins foraging in daylight / Robin L. Vaughn, Mariana Degrati, and Cynthia J. McFadden; title: Predator threats and dusky dolphin survival strategies / Mridula Srinivasan and Tim M. Markowitz; title: Mating habits of New Zealand dusky dolphins / Tim M. Markowitz, Wendy J. Markowitz, and Lindsay M. Morton; title: Dusky dolphin calf rearing / Jody Weir, Sierra Deutsch, and Heidi C. Pearson; title: Sexual segregation and genetic relatedness in New Zealand / Deborah E. Shelton ... [et al.]; title: Human interactions with dusky dolphins : harvest, fisheries, habitat alteration, and tourism / Tim M. Markowitz ... [et al.]; title: Human interactions with dusky dolphins : a management perspective / Simon Childerhouse and Andrew Baxter; title: Dolphin swimming and watching : one tourism operator's perspective / Dennis Buurman; title: Neglected but not forgotten - southern Africa's dusky dolphins / Peter B. Best and Michael A. Meÿer; title: Patterns of sympatry in Lagenorhynchus and Cephalorhynchus : dolphins in different habitats / Sonja Heinrich, Simon Elwen, and Stefan Bräger; title: A large-brained social animal / Heidi C. Pearson and Deborah E. Shelton / Social creatures in a changing sea : concluding remarks / Bernd Würsig.