Searcher naturalist and marine mammal book author, Tom Jefferson, is offering signed copies of his book “Marine Mammals of the World” to our passengers at a discounted price. If you are interested in a copy, please email us.
Here is the book description:
www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/713331/description#description
Hardbound, 592 Pages
Published: DEC-2007
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
Thomas Jefferson, Clymene Enterprises, c/o Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Marc Webber, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Robert Pitman, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine mammals alive in nature (at sea or on the beach), dead specimens “in hand”, and also to identify marine mammals based on features of the skull. This handy guide provides marine biologists and interested lay people with detailed descriptions of diagnostic features, illustrations of external appearance, beautiful photographs, dichotomous keys, and more. Full color illustrations and vivid photographs of every living marine mammal species are incorporated, as well as comprehendible maps showing a range of information. For readers who desire further consultation, authors have included a list of literature references at the end of each species account. For an enhanced understanding of habitation, this guide also includes recognizable geographic forms described separately with colorful paintings and photographs. All of these essential tools provided make “Marine Mammals of the World” the most detailed and authoritative guide available!
Audience:
Marine biologists, laypeople interested in a guide to marine mammals.
