Marine mammals : evolutionary biology / by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, Kit M. Kovacs ; with illustrations by Pieter Arend Folkens, Peter J. Adam.

• Systematics and classification -- Pinniped evolution and systematics -- Cetacean evolution and systematics -- Sirenian and other marine mammals : evolution and systematics -- Evolutionary biogeography -- Integumentary and sensory systems -- Musculoskeletal system and locomotion -- Energetics -- Respiration and diving physiology -- Sound production for communication, echolocation, and prey capture -- Diet, foraging structures, and strategies -- Reproductive structures, strategies, and patterns -- Population structure and dynamics -- exploitation and conservation -- Classification of marine mammals. 

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Subject headings

Evolution (biologi)  (sao)

Marina däggdjur  (sao)

Marine mammals  (bnb)

Marine mammals  -- Evolution (bnb)

Marine mammals  (LCSH)

Keyword

Ugf Däggdjur (Mammalia)

Ugf Däggdjur (Mammalia)

Publication and Content Type

599.5 (DDC)

Ugf.082 (kssb/7)

Ugf.03 (kssb/7)