Killer Whales

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Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-12-01
Publisher(s): Univ of British Columbia Pr
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Table of Contents

Preface 8(3)
Our Changing Relationship with the Killer Whale
11(2)
The Development of Our Study
13(3)
Natural History of the Killer Whale
16(7)
Distinct Populations: Residents, Transients, and Offshores
16(2)
Different Lifestyles
18(3)
Dialects and Population Identity
21(1)
Population Parameters
22(1)
Resident Killer Whale Societies
23(4)
Watching Killer Whales
27(14)
Land-Based Whale Watching
27(1)
Vessel-Based Whale Watching
27(1)
Interpreting Whale Activities and Behaviours
28(2)
Does Watching Whales Bother Them?
30(11)
Catalogue of Resident Killer Whales
41(56)
The Naming System
41(1)
How Whales Are Identified
42(1)
Catalogue Organization
43(1)
Sex and Year of Birth
44(1)
Northern Resident Community
45(2)
Southern Resident Community
47(2)
Catalogue
49(48)
Afterword 97(1)
Glossary 98(2)
Selected Bibliography 100(1)
Other Resources 101(1)
Photographic Credits 102

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