Dolphins
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The family Delphinidae is the largest family of toothed whales.
It includes not only those mammals commonly referred to as dolphins,
such as the bottlenosed dolphin often seen in captivity, but also
the killer whale. This literature guide is not intended to be
a comprehensive bibliography on dolphins; the guide is designed--as
the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target."
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The Dolphin report. Sea frontiers, v. 37,
Mar./Apr. 1991: 36-55.
Includes articles on dolphin intelligence and
communication and on therapeutic swim-with-dolphins programs, plus
a collection of news items about dolphins.
GC1.S4
Dolphins. In The New book of popular science.
v. 5. Danbury, Conn., Grolier, c1990. p. 61-66.
Q162.N437 1990 <SciRR>
Wrsig, Bernd. Dolphins. Scientific American,
v. 240, Mar. 1979: 136-138, 140, 143-146, 148.
T1.S5
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Subject headings used by the Library of Congress,
under which books on dolphins can be located in most card,
book, and online catalogs include the following:
Highly Relevant
DOLPHINS
Relevant
ATLANTIC
BOTTLENOSED DOLPHINS
BOTTLENOSED
DOLPHINS
KILLER
WHALE
More General
CETACEA
MARINE
MAMMALS
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Baker, Mary L. Dolphins, Delphinidae. In her Whales,
dolphins, and porpoises of the world. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday,
1987. p. 83-163.
QL737.C4B235 1987 <SciRR>
Bonner, W. Nigel. Whales of the world. New
York, Facts on File, c1989. 191 p.
Bibliography: p. 186-187.
See especially "The oceanic dolphins"
(p. 102-129) and "Killers and their kin" (p. 130-145)
QL737.C4B67 1989 <SciRR>
Ellis, Richard. Dolphins and porpoises. New
York, Knopf; Distributed by Random House, 1982. 270 p.
References and bibliography: p. 215-258.
QL737.C43E44 1982 <SciRR>
Evans, Peter G. H. The natural history of whales
& dolphins. New York, Facts on File Publications, c1987.
343 p.
Bibliography: p. 302-335.
QL737.C4E93 1987 <SciRR>
The Greenpeace book of dolphins. Edited by
John May. New York, Sterling Pub. Co., 1990. 159 p.
"Originally published in Great Britain by
Century Editions."
Suitable for younger readers. Includes sections on human threats
from hunting, fishing, and environmental disruption and on the controversies
surrounding military use of dolphins and dolphins in captivity.
QL737.C432G74 1990
Reeves, Randall R., and Stephen Leatherwood. The
Sea World book of dolphins. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
c1987. 111 p.
Describes the evolution, physical characteristics,
habits, natural environment, and conservation of various types of
dolphins. Especially suitable for younger readers.
QL737.C432R44 1987
Research on dolphins. Edited by M. M. Bryden,
Richard Harrison. Oxford, Eng., Clarendon Press; New York, Oxford
University Press, 1986. 478 p.
Technical papers on dolphin anatomy and physiology,
dolphins in captivity, and dolphins in the ocean.
QL737.C432R47 1986
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Behavioral biology of killer whales. Editors,
Barbara C. Kirkevold and Joan S. Lockard. New York, A.R. Liss, c1986.
457 p. (Zoo biology monographs, v. 1)
Includes bibliographies.
QL737.C432B44 1986
The Bottlenose dolphin. Edited by Stephen Leatherwood,
Randall R. Reeves. San Diego, Academic Press, c1990. 653 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
QL737.C432B67 1990
Donoghue, Michael, and Annie Wheeler. Save the
dolphins. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Sheridan House, 1990. 119 p., 48
p. of plates.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-117).
QL737.C432D664 1990
Gormley, Gerard. Orcas of the Gulf: a natural history.
San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, c1990. 205 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-199).
Describes killer whales in the western North Atlantic.
QL737.C432G685 1990
Kastner, Paul, Joan Kastner, and Jessica A. Porter.
Gentle giants of the sea. By the Whale Museum. 2nd ed. Edited
by A. Russ Hoelzel. Friday Harbor, Wash., The Museum, 1986. 132,
48 p.
Includes bibliographies.
A teaching tool for the elementary grades that
introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment
of various species of whales and dolphins. Also discusses whale
lore and history and the relationship of these sea mammals to humans.
Includes teacher's notes and a variety of related activities.
QL737.C4K26 1986
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Hoyt, Erich. The whale called killer. New
York, Dutton, c1981. 226 p.
Bibliography: p. 201-215.
QL737.C432H69 1981
O'Barry, Richard. Behind the dolphin smile.
With Keith Coulbourn. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel
Hill; Dallas, Tex., Taylor Pub. Co., 1988. 252 p.
By the trainer of the television star "Flipper."
QL795.D7O23 1988
Ridgway, Sam H. The dolphin doctor: a pioneering
veterinarian remembers the extraordinary dolphin that inspired his
career. Dublin, N.H., Yankee Books, c1987. 159 p.
Story of a young American veterinarian and a Navy
research dolphin.
SF613.R54A3 1987
Shane, Susan H. The bottlenose dolphin in the wild.
Felton, Calif., Dolphin Book, c1988. 48 p.
MLCS 89/15118 (G)
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CRC handbook of marine mammal medicine: health,
disease, and rehabilitation. Editor, Leslie A. Dierauf. Boca
Raton, Fla., CRC Press, c1990. 735 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
SF997.5.M35C73 1990
Hoyt, Erich. The whale watcher's handbook.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, c1984. 208 p.
Bibliography: p. 203-204.
QL737.C4H68 1984
Leatherwood, Stephen, and Randall R. Reeves. The
Sierra Club handbook of whales and dolphins. San Francisco,
Sierra Club Books, c1983. 302 p.
See especially "The oceanic dolphins":
p. 152-261.
QL737.C4L33 1983
Minasian, Stanley M., Kenneth C. Balcomb, and Larry
A. Foster. Oceanic dolphins. In their The world's whales: the
complete illustrated guide. Washington, Smithsonian Books; New
York, Distributed by W. W. Norton, c1984. p. 118-185.
QL737.C4M66 1984 <SciRR>
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Bird, James E. Whales, whaling, dolphins, and
porpoises: an annotated bibliography. San Diego, American Cetacean
Society, 1977. 85 leaves. (American Cetacean Society. Publication,
no. ACSSD-1)
Z7996.C4B57
Truitt, Deborah. Dolphins and porpoises: a comprehensive,
annotated bibliography of the smaller Cetacea. Detroit, Gale
Research Co., 1974. 582 p.
Z7996.C4T75
Whitfield, William K. An annotated bibliography
of dolphin and porpoise families Delphinidae and Platanistidae.
St. Petersburg, Marine Research Laboratory, Florida Dept. of Natural
Resources, 1971. 104 p. (Marine Research Laboratory, St. Petersburg,
Fla. Special scientific report, no. 26)
Z7996.C4W46 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
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Breeding dolphins: present status, suggestions
for the future. Edited by Sam H. Ridgway and Kurt Benirschke.
Prepared for Marine Mammal Commission, Washington, D.C. San Diego,
Zoological Society of San Diego, Nov. 1977. 308 p.
PB-273673 <MicRR>
Contains the proceedings of a Dolphin Breeding
Workshop held at the San Diego Zoo under the sponsorship of the
Marine Mammal Commission, Dec. 1975.
Dolphin cognition and behavior: a comparative approach.
Edited by Ronald J. Schusterman, Jeanette A. Thomas, Forrest G.
Wood. Hillsdale, N.J., L. Erlbaum Associates, 1986. 393 p.
QL737.C432D65 1986
Papers of a conference held at the Hubbs Marine
Research Institute at Sea World in June, 1983.
International Whaling Commission. Report. 1949/50-
Cambridge. annual.
SH381.I484
Wells, Randall S., Michael D. Scott, and A. Blair
Irvine. The social structure of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins.
Current mammalogy, v. 1, 1987: 247-305.
QL700.C87 vol. 1, 1987
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Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act.
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1991. 118 p.
KF26.C696 1990a <Law>
Holt, Rennie S., and Stephanie N. Sexton. Monitoring
trends in dolphin abundance in the eastern tropical Pacific using
research vessels over a long sampling period: analyses of 1986 data,
the first year. In United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.
Fishery bulletin, v. 88, no. 1, 1990: 105-111.
SH11.A25
Leatherwood, Stephen, David K. Caldwell, and Howard
E. Winn. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North
Atlantic: a guide to their identification. With special assistance
by William E. Schevill and Melba C. Caldwell. Seattle, U.S. Dept.
of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1976. 176 p. (NOAA technical report NMFS
CIRC, 396)
QL737.C4L34 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Mass mortality of bottlenose dolphins in 1987-88: hearings before
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One
Hundred First Congress, first session on the conclusions of the
clinical investigation of the 1987-88 mass mortality of the bottlenose
dolphins along the United States Central and South Atlantic coasts,
May 9, 10, 1989. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1989. 302 p.
KF27.M474 1989c <Law>
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern
North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: a guide to their identification.
Stephen Leatherwood and others. With Appendix A on tagging by Larry
Hobbs. Seattle, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1982. 245 p.
(NOAA technical report NMFS circular, 444)
QL737.C4W443 1982
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Abstracting and indexing services that index relevant
journal articles and other literature on dolphins are listed below.
Some suggested terms are given as aids in searching. Consult reference
librarian for location of abstracting and indexing services in the
Science Reading Room.
Applied Science & Technology Index (1913
- )
Z7913.I7 <SciRR A&I>
See: Dolphins
Biological Abstracts (1926- )
Z5073.A46 <SciRR>
See: Dolphins.
General Science Index (1978- )
Z7401.G46 <SciRR A&I>
See: Dolphins and Porpoises
Magazine Index (1980- )
Available in several formats in LC
See: Dolphins
Bottlenosed Dolphins
Killer Whale
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-
)
AI3.R48
See: Dolphins
Killer Whales
The following abstracting and indexing services, which should be
used for more exhaustive searches, may be available only in large
or specialized libraries.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts. Part
1, Biological Sciences and Living Resources (1971- )
QH90.A1A68 <SciRR>
See: Headings such as Delphinidae, Orcinus orca,
etc. in Taxonomic Index
Biological Abstracts (1926- )
QH301.B37 <SciRR>
See: Dolphin(s) and Killer Whale(s) in Subject
Index
Names of individual species in Generic Index
Index Medicus (1960- )
Z6660.I422 <SciRR>
See: Dolphins
Oceanic Abstracts (1964- )
GC1.O24 <SciRR>
See: Marine Mammals in Subject Index
Taxonomic names in Organism Index
Science Citation Index (1961- )
Z7401.S365 <SciRR>
See especially Permuterm Subject Index
(1966- ) for entries under keywords of interest
Wildlife Review (1935- )
SK351.W58 <SciRR>
See: Marine Mammals section
Names of individual species in Systematic IndexMammals
Zoological Record (1864- )
Z7991.Z87 <SciRR>
See section 19, Mammalia, for entries under Delphinidae
in Systematic Index or under scientific name in Index to Genera
Online data bases may be available in some libraries. Data bases
likely to be useful for topics related to dolphins include Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Life Sciences
Collection, MEDLINE, NTIS, SCISEARCH, and Zoological Record Online
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Journals that often contain articles on chemical exposure,
risk assessment, chemical safety and toxicology include:
Acoustical Society of America. Journal
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QC221.A4 |
Aquatic Mammals |
Not in LC collection |
Cetology |
QL737.C4C38 |
Investigations on Cetacea
Collected works edited by G. Pilleri |
QL737.C4P55 |
Marine Mammal Science |
QL713.2.M33 |
Oceanus |
GC1.O35 |
Sea Frontiers |
GC1.S4 |
Tokyo. Whales Research Institute. Scientific
Reports |
QL737.C4T5 |
Whalewatcher; Journal of the American Cetacean
Society |
QL737.C4W45 |
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Asper, Edward D., W. Glenn Young, and Michael T. Walsh.
Observations on the birth and development of a captive-born killer
whale. International zoo yearbook, v. 27, 1988: 295-304.
QL76.I55 1987 <SciRR>
Coe, James M., David B. Holts, and Richard W. Butler.
The "tuna-porpoise" problem: NMFS dolphin mortality reduction
research, 1970-81. Marine fisheries review, v. 46, no. 3,
1984: 18-33.
SH11.A4463
Forcier-Beringer, Ann G. Talking with dolphins. Sea
frontiers/sea secrets, v. 32, Mar./Apr. 1986: 84-92.
GC1.S4
Hand, Douglas. Keeping an ear on Orcas. Oceans,
v. 20, July/Aug. 1987: 10-19, 59.
GC1.O34
Hoyt, Erich. The whales called "killer."
National geographic, v. 166, Aug. 1984: 220-237.
G1.N27
Moore, P. W. B., and others. The critical interval
in dolphin echolocation: what is it? In Acoustical Society of
America. Journal, v. 76, July 1984: 314-317.
QC221.A4
Pryor, Karen, and others. A dolphin-human fishing
cooperative in Brazil. Marine mammal science, v. 6, Jan.
1990: 77-82.
QL713.2.M33
Shane, Susan H., Randall S. Wells, and Bernd Wrsig.
Ecology, behavior and social organization of the bottlenose dolphin:
a review. Marine mammal science, v. 2, Jan. 1986: 34-63.
Includes extensive bibliography.
QL713.2.M33
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Technical reports and other types of literature are
indexed in the following guides:
Government Reports Announcements & Index
(1946- )
Z7916.G78 <SciRR A&I>
See: Dolphins (Mammals)
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
(1895- )
Z1223.A18 <SciRR>
See: Dolphins
SELECTED TECHNICAL REPORTS
The following selected technical reports are available in the microform
collection of the Science Reading Room. They may also be purchased
from the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia
22161.
Gilpatrick, James W., and others. Summary of distribution
records of the spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris, and
the pantropical spotted dolphin, S. attenuata, from the western
Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea. La Jolla, CA, Southwest
Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Oct.
1987. 43 p. (NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-89)
PB88-160189 <SciRR>
Hill, P. Scott, Alan Jackson, and Tim Gerrodette.
Report of a marine mammal survey of the eastern tropical Pacific
aboard the research vessel McArthur, July 29-December 7, 1989.
La Jolla, CA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries
Center, June 1990. 141 p. (NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-143)
PB90-246828 <SciRR>
Pawloski, Deborah A. Combined stimulus control
of peak frequency and source level in the echolocating dolphin (Tursiops
truncatus). San Diego, CA, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Mar. 1988.
24 p.
AD-A209 267 <SciRR>
Wilson, Carrie E., and others. Summary of worldwide
locality records of the striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba.
La Jolla, CA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries
Center, Dec. 1987. 71 p. (NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-90)
PB88-217468
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Selected materials available in the Science Reading
Room pamphlet boxes include the following: Annotated bibliography of publications from the
US Navy's Marine Mammal Program. San Diego, Naval Ocean Systems
Center, July 1985. 56 p. (NOSC technical document 627, revision
A)
Blaylock, Robert A. Distribution and abundance of the bottlenose
dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1921), in Virginia.
In United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Fishery
bulletin, v. 86, Oct. 1988: 797-805.
Ford, John K. B. Family fugues. Natural history, v. 100,
Mar. 1991: 68-70, 72-74, 76.
Kaplan, Justine. The day of the dolphins. Omni, v. 11,
June 1989: 42-44, 46, 48, 94-96.
Morrison, David C. Marine mammals join the Navy. Science,
v. 242, Dec. 16, 1988: 1503-1504.
Quammen, David. Who swims with the tuna? Outside, v. 15,
Dec. 1990: 31-35.
Tyack, Peter L., and Laela S. Sayigh. Those dolphins aren't just
whistling in the dark. Oceanus, v. 32, spring 1989: 80-83.
Wells, Randall S. Secrets of a high society. National wildlife,
v. 27, Aug./Sept. 1989: 38-44.
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American Cetacean Society
P.O. Box 2639
San Pedro, CA 90731
Telephone: (213) 548-6279
Center for Marine Conservation
1725 DeSales St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 429-5609
Interspecies Communication, Inc.
273 Hidden Meadow
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Telephone: (206) 378-5186
To identify
the current addresses of other relevant organizations and research
projects, consult Conservation Directory (S920.C64 <SciRR>),
Encyclopedia of Associations (AS22.E5 <SciRR>), Research
Centers Directory (AS25.D5 <SciRR>), and Life Sciences
Organizations and Agencies Directory (QH321.L54 1988 <SciRR>)
under such keywords as Dolphin(s), Cetacea(ns), and Marine Mammals.
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