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Brief Bibliography

WHALES

JULY 1990

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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WHALES

This brief bibliography is intended to provide an overview to recent literature on whales. A combination of books, journal articles and technical reports are included. The items are arranged by author under four separate categories: Conservation and Management; Reviews and Bibliographies; Whale guides; and Whale species. Those items with a call number indicates holdings in the NOAA Central Library, or another NOAA library. Current references were selected from Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Md. 20814.

Questions about this material may be addressed to: Reference Desk, NOAA Central Library, 6009 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852, or call (301) 443-8330.
I. Conservation and Management

Addison, R. F.
Organochlorines and marine mammal reproduction.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 46(2), p. 360-368, 1989.

Allen, K. Radway.
Conservation and management of whales.
Seattle, Wash.: Washington Sea Grant : dist. by University of Washington Press, 1980.
Rockville: GC57.2.W358

Beach, D. W., and M. T. Weinrich.
Watching the whales: is an educational adventure for humans turning out to be another threat for endangered species?
Oceanus, 32(1), p. 84-88, 1989.
Special issue: Whither the whales?

Birnie, P., ed.
International regulation of whaling: From conservation of whaling to conservation of whales and regulation of whale-watching. Volumes 1 and 2.
New York: Oceana Pub., 1985.
Rockville: K3900.W57158

Braham, Howard W.
The status of endangered whales: an overview.
Marine Fisheries Review, 46(4), p. 2-6, 1984.
Special section: Status of endangered whales.

Braithwaite, L. F.
Effects of oil on the feeding mechanism of the bowhead whale. Final report.
Washington, DC: Minerals Management Service, Anchorage, AK. Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Office: Bureau of Land Management, 1983. NTIS #: PB86168879XSP.

Brueggeman, J. J.; G. A. Green; R. A. Grotefendt, and D. G. Chapman.
Aerial surveys of endangered Cetaceans and other marine mammals in the Northwestern Gulf of Alaska and Southeastern Bering Sea. Final report.
Anchorage, Alas.: Minerals Management Service. Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Office, 1987. NTIS #: PB89234652XSP.
Included in Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program. Final reports of principal investigators, v. 61, p. 1-124 Jun. 89.
Dahlheim, Marilyn Elayne.
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) depredation on longline catches of sablefish (Anoploma fimbria) in Alaskan waters.
Seattle, Wash. : National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1988.
Rockville: SH11.A2N65 no. 88-14

Evans, Peter G. H.
The natural history of whales & dolphins.
New York : Facts on File Publications, 1987.
La Jolla: QL737.C4E93 1987

Kamminga, C. ... [et al.]
Investigations on Cetacean Sonar I-IX.
Aquatic Mammals, vols. 7-10, 12-13, 16, 1979-1990.
See individual volumes for page numbers.
A series of articles starting in 1979 on sonar sounds made by whales.

Lentfer, J. W.
Selected marine mammals of Alaska: species accounts with research and management recommendations.
Washington, DC : Marine Mammal Commission, 1988.
NTIS #: PB88178462XSP.
Rockville: QL719.A4S4 1988

Montgomery, Suzanne, ed.
Workshop to Assess Possible Systems for Tracking Large Cetaceans, Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center, Seattle, Washington, 24-26 February 1987.
Vienna, Va. : Minerals Management Service, Atlantic OCS Office, 1987.
Rockville: QL737.C4W6 1987

Payne, Roger, ed.
Communication and behavior of whales.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983.
Rockville: QL737.C4C65

Perrin, William F.; Brownell, Robert L.; DeMaster, Douglas P., eds.
Reproduction in whales, dolphins, and porpoises: proceedings of the Conference, Cetacean Reproduction, Estimating Parameters for Stock Assessment and Management, La Jolla, California, 28 November-7 December 1981.
Cambridge : International Whaling Commission, 1984.
Woods Hole: SH381.I612 no.6
Tillman, M. F., and J. M. Breiwick.
Estimates of abundance for the western North Pacific sperm whale based upon historical whaling records.
Historical Whaling Records, including Proceedings of the International Workshop on Historical Whaling Records, Sharon, Mass., Sept. 12-16, 1977.
Cambridge (UK) : International Whaling Commission, 1983.
p. 257-269.

United States. Marine Mammal Commission.
Annual report, 1989.
Washington, DC : The Commission, 1989.
Rockville: QL713.2.U55 1989

II. Reviews and Bibliographies

Bekierz, F. W.
Cetacea bibliography on whale-bibliographies.
Frankfurt : Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenberg, 1986.

Brownell, R. L., Jr.; P. B. Best, and J. H. Prescott Braham, Howard W.
An annotated bibliography of right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, in the North Pacific.
Right whales: past and present status. Proceedings of the workshop on the status of right whales., New England Aquarium, Boston, Mass., June 15-23, 1983.
Cambridge (UK) : International Whaling Commission, p. 65-77, 1986.

Centro de Estudios Economicos y Sociales del Tercer Mundo, Mexico DF (Mexico)
Selected bibliography - the Mexican gray whale Eschrichtius robustus.
1. Reunion Nacional sobre la Ballena Gris, Aspectos Biologicos, Socioeconomicos y Legales., San Jeronimo Lacide, Mexico, May 27, 1981.
[S.l.] : [s.n.], 1981. p. 45-48.
Original title: Bibliografia selecta. La ballena gris Eschrichtius robustus de Mexico. Bibliography in Spanish.

Kozlova, D. I., and V. A. Beskhlebnov.
Infectious diseases of marine mammals: Foreign literature survey.
Veterinariya, 9, p. 73-75, 1985.
In Russian, but presents largely American literature.
Oliver, Guy W., compiler; Setzler-Hamilton, Eileen; principal investigator and editor.
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, bibliography.
Anchorage, Alas. : U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 1987.
Prepared by Coastal Ecology Research Laboratory, the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
La Jolla: QL737.C423048 1987

Oliver, Guy W. (compiler); Setzler-Hamilton, Eileen M. (editor)
Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, bibliography.
Anchorage, Alas. : U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 1987.
Prepared by Coastal Ecology Research Laboratory, the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
La Jolla: QL737.C425G73 1984

Taylor, Sherryl, ed.
The world's whales: a closer look : selected papers from the American Cetacean Society Third Biennial Conference and Symposium, Monterey, California, November 11-13, 1988.
San Pedro, Calif. : American Cetacean Society, 1989.
La Jolla: QL737.C4W67 1988

III. Whale guides

Bonner, Nigel
Whales of the world.
New York : Facts on File, 1989.
Rockville: QL737.C4B67 1989

Boschung, Herbert T. ... [et al.]
The Audubon Society field guide to North American fishes, whales, and dolphins.
New York : Knopf ; dist. by Random House, [1983].
Miami: QL618.A67

Cousteau, Jacques-Yves; Paccalet, Yves; translated by I. Mark Paris.
Jacques Cousteau--whales.
New York : Abrams, 1988.
Rockville: QL737.C4C69313 1988

Leatherwood, Stephen... [et al.]; with Appendix A on Tagging by Larry Hobbs.
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: a guide to their identification.
[Seattle] : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1982.
SH11.A4467 no. 444
Leatherwood, Stephen; Caldwell, David K.; Winn, Howard E.
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the Western North Atlantic: a guide to their identification.
Seattle, Wash.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Services, for sale by the Supt. of Doc., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976.
Rockville: SH11.A4467 no. 396

The Magnificent whales [videorecording]
New York : Smithsonian Books, 1988.
Contains 1 videocassette (VHS) with booklet and poster.
Rockville: QL737.C4M3

Minasian, Stanley M.; Balcomb, Kenneth C., III; Foster, Larry.
The world's whales: the complete illustrated guide.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, dist. by Norton, 1984.
Rockville: QL737.C4M66 1984

Watson, Lyall.
Sea guide to whales of the world.
New York : Dutton, 1981.
Rockville: QL737.C4W36 1981

IV. Whale species

Bowhead whales: a special report to the International Whaling Commission.
Washington, DC : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1978.
Rockville: SH383.2.B62

Braham, Howard W.; Rugh, David J.
A photographic identification system for bowhead whales.
Seattle, Wash.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 1983.
Rockville: SH11.A2N65 no. 83-20

Frady, T., ed.
Workshop on Humpback Whale Identification: a summary of proceedings, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, April 30-May 2, 1986.
Fairbanks : Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska, 1987.
Rockville: GC57.2.A33 no. 87-1
Horwood, Joseph.
Biology and exploitation of the minke whale.
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 1990.
La Jolla: QL737.C424H668 1990

Horwood, Joseph
The sei whale : population biology, ecology & management.
London ; New York : Croon Helm, 1987.
La Jolla: QL737.C424H67 1987

International Whaling Commission.
Sperm whales : special issue.
Cambridge (UK) : The Commission, 1980.
Woods Hole: SH381.I612 no. 2

Jones, Mary Lou; Swartz, Steven L.; Leatherwood, Stephen.
The gray whale: Eschrichtius robustus.
Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press, 1984.
La Jolla: QL737.C425G73 1984

Kirkevold, Barbara C.; Lockard, Joan S.
Behavioral biology of killer whales.
New York : Liss, 1986.
La Jolla: QL737.C432B44 1986

Mobley, Joseph R.; Dell, Burgess A.
Humpback whales in Hawaii : guide for the amateur whale-watcher.
Honolulu, Haw. : University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, 1985.
Rockville: GC57.2.H317 no. 86-02

Norton, P.; Smiley, B. D.
Importance of Yukon coastal waters to bowhead and white whales [microform]
Sydney, B.C. : Institute of Ocean Sciences, 1986.
Rockville: Microfiche QL737.C4N67

Richard, P. R.; Orr, J. R.
A review of the status and harvest of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Cumberland Sound area, Baffin Island.
Winnipeg, Man. : Western Region, Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, 1986.
Rockville: SH223.A3473 no. 1447

Winn, Lois King; Winn, Howard E.
Wings in the sea : the humpback whale.
Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, 1985.
Miami: QL737.C424W55 1985
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