Overview

For thousands of years dolphins have been man's best friend in the sea. Their brain power, sociability, communication ability and altruism have been the issue of reference for myths, tales and several scientific or experimental studies. They have also inspired people to create several works of art from the ancient times until today. Ancient Greeks called dolphins ""people of the sea"" and considered them equal to human beings. This book discusses several topics on different species of dolphins, their natural habitat, behaviours, and conservation strategies. Some of the topics included are behaviours of botos and short-finned pilot whales; isolation of yeasts from stranded and captive dolphins in Italy; ecological stressors of the coastal bottlenose dolphin; and dolphin-assisted therapy.

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Author:   Joshua B Samuels
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.488kg
ISBN:  

9781631179525

ISBN 10:   1631179527
Pages:   169
Publication Date:   05 August 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Behaviors of Botos & Short-Finned Pilot Whales during Close Encounters with Humans: Management Implications Derived from Ethograms for Food-Provisioned versus Unhabituated Cetaceans; Presence of Two Morphotypes in Populations of Delphinus delphis; Neurocranium Asymmetries in the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821); Isolation of Yeasts from Stranded & Captive Dolphins in Italy; All about Dolphins in Secondary Education; Population Ecology & Anthropogenic Stressors of the Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the El Morro Mangrove & Wildlife Refuge, Guayaquil Gulf, Ecuador: Toward Conservation & Management Actions; Unusual Records of the Behavior of Boto Inia sp. (Cetartiodactyla, Iniidae) in the Lower Reaches of the Tocantins & Guama Rivers, Amazonia; An Infrequently-Occurring Anomalous Color Pattern on Pacific White-Sided Dolphins, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens; Dolphin-Assisted Therapy Re-Examined: Is it Fair to the Dolphins?; Index.

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