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North Atlantic right whales : from hunted leviathan to conservation icon
- Title
- North Atlantic right whales : from hunted leviathan to conservation icon / David W. Laist.
- Author
- Laist, David W. (David Wallace), 1949-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JBF 17-512 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 432 pages; 27 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Rescuing Nantucket -- 2. What's in a name? -- 3. Foraging with a smile -- 4. Evolution -- 5. The origin of whaling -- 6. Medieval whaling in northern Europe -- 7. Ghost whalers -- 8. Basque whaling in Terranova -- 9. The dawn of international whaling -- 10. A fitful start for colonial whalers -- 11. Long Island whaling -- 12. Cape Cod whaling -- 13. Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape May -- 14. Whaling from the Carolinas to Florida -- 15. Estimating pre-exploitation population size -- 16. A second chance -- 17. A dedicated recovery program -- 18. Nobody wants to hit a whale -- 19. Slow speed ahead -- 20. Entanglement -- 21. Oh, what a tangled web -- 22. Ten thousand right whales.
- Call Number
- JBF 17-512
- ISBN
- 9781421420981
- 1421420988
- LCCN
- 2016005168
- OCLC
- 958371153
- Author
- Laist, David W. (David Wallace), 1949- author.
- Title
- North Atlantic right whales : from hunted leviathan to conservation icon / David W. Laist.
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBF 17-512