MARINE MAMMAL BOOKS AVAILABLE
¡VIVAVaquita! (a non-profitorganization) has many marine mammal books,
reprints, monographs, and journalsthat are available for a donation to the
organiation. All funds raised will be actively used forresearch and
conservation work on the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), the world’s most endangered
marine mammal species. The global population of this species nownumbers less
than 25 individuals and is decling at about 50%/year. Visit ourwebsite at
www.vivavaquita.org for more details. Below is a sample of some of the rarer
itemswe have, but there are hundreds and ‘prices’ range from $1-165. For a
full list of books available, or if youhave any marine mammal literature you
would be interested in donating to us,please contact Tom Jefferson at
sclym...@aol.com. HC=harcover, PB=paperback.
Andrews, R.C. 1914. Monographs of the Pacific Cetacea.I.-The California gray
whale (Rhachiantectesglaucus Cope). Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural
History.1:229-287. $75.
Andrews, R.C. 1916 (1925).Whale Hunting With Gun and Camera. D. Appleton and
Co., New York (SecondEdition). 333 pp. $65.
Gaskin, D.E. 1972 Whales, Dolphins, and Seals, With SpecialReference to the New
Zealand Region, Heineman Educational Books. $15.
Horwood, J. 1987. The Sei Whale: Population Biology,Ecology, and Management.
Croom Helm. 375 pp. $32.
Jefferson, T.A., Leatherwood, S. & Webber, M.A. 1993Marine Mammals of the
World: FAO Species Identification Guide, United NationEnvironment Programme and
Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN. $50.
Jones, M.L., S.L. Swartz, and S. Leatherwood. 1984. The GrayWhale Eschrichtius
robustus. AcademicPress. 600 pp. $45.
Morzer Bruyns, W.F.J. 1971 Field Guide of Whales andDolphins, Uitgeverij Tor.
$12.
Norris, K.S., Würsig, B., Wells, R.S. & Wursig, M. 1994The Hawaiian Spinner
Dolphin, University of California Press. $20.
Payne, R. 1983. Communication and Behavior of Whales. InAAAS Selected
Symposium. Vol. 76. Westview Press, Inc,, Boulder, Co. 643 pp. $21.
Perrin, W.F. 1975 Variation and taxonomy of spotted andspinner porpoise (genus
Stenella) inthe eastern tropical Pacific and Hawaii. Bulletin of the Scripps
Institution ofOceanography, 21, 206 pp. $10.
Ridgway, S.H. 1972. Mammals of the Sea: Biology andMedicine. Charles C. Thomas.
812 pp. $165.
Ridgway, S.H., and R.J. Harrison. 1981. Handbook of MarineMammals, Vol. 1: The
Walrus, Sea Lions, Fur Seals, and Sea Otter. AcademicPress. 235 pp. $30.
Ridgway, S.H., and R.J. Harrison. 1981. Handbook of MarineMammals, Vol. 2:
Seals. Academic Press. 359 pp. $35.
Ridgway, S.H., and R. Harrison. 1985. Handbook of MarineMammals, Vol. 3: The
Sirenians and Baleen Whales. Academic Press Inc., London.362 pp. $60.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute. (misc.issues). Scientific
Reports of the Whales Research Institute. Misc. prices.
True, F.W. 1904. Whalebone Whales of the Western NorthAtlantic Compared with
Those Occurring in European Waters with SomeObservations on the Species of the
North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions toKnowledge. 332 pp. + plates.
$95(hardbound).
True, F.W. 1910. An account of the beaked whales of thefamily Ziphiidae in the
collection of the United States National Museum, withremarks on some species in
other American museums. Bulletin of the UnitedStates National Museum. 73:42 pp.
+ plates. $65 (hardbound).
Truitt, D. 1974 Dolphins and Porpoises: A ComprehensiveAnnotated Bibliography
of the Smaller Cetacea. Gale Research Co. $25.
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