Whales and dolphins of Aotearoa New Zealand
By: Barbara Todd
Publisher: Te Papa Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781877385711
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Whales; Dolphins
Other titles: Whales
Description: Marine mammal expert Barbara Todd uses a combination of science and culture to explore whales' incredible diversity, biology and adaption to life in the oceans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: The salty sea; title: In the beginning; title: Understanding whales; title: Whale strandings; title: Whales and people; title: Whaling; title: Whale research; title: Whale conservation; title: Encounters with whales and dolphins; title: New Zealand cetaceans; title: Odontoceti: toothed whales; title: Mysticeti: baleen whales.