Marine mammal ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques

Abstract

Preface 1. Ethics in Marine Mammal Science 2. Marking and Capturing 3. Estimating the Abundance of Marine Mammals 4. The Spatial Analysis of Marine Mammal Abundance 5. Morphometrics, Age Estimation, and Growth 6. Vital Rates and Population Dynamics 7. 4 Epidemiology, Disease, and Health Assessment 8. Measurement of Individual and Population Energetics of Marine Mammals 9. Diet 10. Telemetry 11. Foraging Behaviour 12. Studying Marine Mammal Social Systems 13. Long-term Studies 14. Identifying Units to Conserve using Genetic Data 15. Approaches to Management 16. Conservation Biology References Index