Bibliograph

North Atlantic right whales, from hunted leviathan to conservation icon, David W. Laist

Type

Label

North Atlantic right whales, from hunted leviathan to conservation icon, David W. Laist

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

North Atlantic right whales

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

958371153

Responsibility statement

David W. Laist

Sub title

from hunted leviathan to conservation icon

Table Of Contents

Rescuing Nantucket -- What's in a name? -- Foraging with a smile -- Evolution -- The origin of whaling -- Medieval whaling in northern Europe -- Ghost whalers -- Basque whaling in Terranova -- The dawn of international whaling -- A fitful start for colonial whalers -- Long Island whaling -- Cape Cod whaling -- Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape May -- Whaling from the Carolinas to Florida -- Estimating pre-exploitation population size -- A second chance -- A dedicated recovery program -- Nobody wants to hit a whale -- Slow speed ahead -- Entanglement -- Oh, what a tangled web -- Ten thousand right whales

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