Weddell Seal Consummate Diver

Klappentext This book describes the environment and behaviour patterns of the Weddell seal. Zusammenfassung This book describes the environment and behaviour patterns of the Weddell seal. Based on his numerous expeditions to the Antarctic! Dr Kooyman has analysed the seal's diving physiology and acoustical biology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. McMurdo sound; 2. The Weddell seal; 3. Breeding, birth and growth; 4. Cold; 5. Diving behaviour: Poseidon's pride; 6. Physiology of diving; 7. Food habits and energetics; 8. Under-ice orientation (summer day - winter night); 9. Distribution, abundance and mortality; 10. Future prospects; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald L. Kooyman, Kooyman Gerald L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 04.06.2009
• Subject: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering
• EAN: 9780521112413
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11241-3
• Pages: 148
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; Antarctica; Cellular biology (cytology); Marine Biology; Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)