Urban Whale - North Atlantic Right Whales At the Crossroads

Informationen zum Autor Scott D. Kraus is Vice President for Research at the New England Aquarium. Rosalind M. Rolland is Senior Scientist/Policy Analyst, Global Marine Programs and Research, the New England Aquarium. Klappentext In 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished by the sight of 25 right whales. Until that time, scientists believed the North Atlantic right whale was extinct or nearly so. The sightings electrified the research community, spurring a quarter century of exploration, which is documented here. Zusammenfassung In 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished by the sight of 25 right whales. Until that time! scientists believed the North Atlantic right whale was extinct or nearly so. The sightings electrified the research community! spurring a quarter century of exploration! which is documented here.

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• Authors: Scott D. Kraus, Scott D. Rolland Kraus
• Assisted by: Scott D Kraus (Editor), Scott D. Kraus (Editor), Kraus Scott D. (Editor), Rosalind M Rolland (Editor), Rosalind M. Rolland (Editor), Rolland Rosalind M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780674034754
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03475-4
• No. of pages: 576
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Animals / Marine Life, Conservation of the environment, Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest, Wildlife: Aquatic Creatures