Marine Mammals
Subtitle: Biology and Conservation
Contributors: Peter G.H. Evans (Editor); Juan Antonio Raga (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2001
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9780306465727
Subjects: Nature; Animals / Pets; Science/Mathematics; Lakes & Ponds; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Marine & freshwater mammals; Science / Zoology; Mammals; Wildlife; Marine Mammals; Wildlife Conservation
First sentence: The evolution of the life history strategies of marine mammals comprise a remarkable suite of adaptations to the particular set of environmental pressures that these mammals face, living as they do largely in an aquatic medium.