Below are several lists of good field guides and reference
texts. If you are considering purchasing any of these, you can click
on the link to its left or find the book directly by copying the author,
title or ISBN number and pasting it into the search field at the bottom of the
page
Any purchases through these links will generate some much
needed funds for CRESLI. Thanks.
General Information and Identification Guides
Advanced texts
Jefferson,
Thomas A. 2008.
Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification
Fontaine, Pierre-Henry.
2007. Whales and Seals: Biology and
Ecology
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Wilson, Ben and Angus Wilson. 2006.
The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook: A Guide to Whales,
Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World (Paperback)
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: a visual
guide to all the world's cetaceans. Eyewitness Handbooks. Dorling
Kindersley Publishing.
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Hoelzel, A. R (ed). 2002.
Marine mammal biology: an evolutionary
approach. Blackwell Science Limited.
Carwadine, M. E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce, and P. Gill. 1998.
Whales,
Dolphins, and Porpoises: the Nature Company Guide. The Nature
Company.
J. R. Twiss Jr., and R. R. Reeves (eds.) 1999.
Conservation and
management of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press
Folkens, P. 2002. National Audubon Society Guide to Marine
Mammals of the World. Chanticleer Press
Mann, J., R. C. Connor, P. L. Tyack, and H. Whitehead. 2000.
Cetacean Societies: field studies of dolphins and whales. The
University of Chicago Press.
Katona, S. K., V. Rough, and D. T. Richardson.1993.
A field guide to
whales, porpoises and seals from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. Smithsonian
Institution Press
Perin, W. F., B. Würsig, & J. G. M. Thewissen (eds). 2002.
Encyclopedia
of Marine Mammals. Academic Press.
Leatherwood, S. , and R. Reeves. 1983.
The Sierra Club Handbook
of whales and dolphins.
Reynolds III, J. E., and S. A. Rommel (eds). 1999.
Biology of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Kinze, Carl C. 1994.
Marine Mammals of the North Atlantic. Princeton
Field Guides.
Rice, D. W. 1998.
Marine mammals of the world: systematics and
distribution. Special Publication Number 4, The Society for Marine
Mammalogy.
Riedman, M. 1991. The Pinnipeds. University of California Press
Whitehead, H. 2003. Sperm whales: social evolution in the ocean.
University of Chicago Press
Harrison, Peter. 1985.
Seabirds. Houghton Mifflin
Jefferson,
Thomas A. 2008.
Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification
Waller, G. 1996. Sea Life: : A Complete Guide to the Marine Environment.
Smithsonian Institution Press
P. G. H. Evans, and J. A. Raga (eds). 2002.
Marine mammals: biology
and conservation. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishing.
The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume II by Peter L. Lutz (Editor), John A.
Musick (Editor), Jeanette Wyneken
Klinowska, M. 1991. Dolphins, porpoises and whales of the World. The
IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN.
Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and
Conservation by JAMES R. SPOTILA
