Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1999. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.

Taking an integrated approach to the biology of marine carnivores twenty-two prominent researchers compare marine mammals with one another and with terrestrial animals, providing a framework for fundamental biological and ecological concepts. They describe functional morphology, sensory systems, energetics, reproduction, communication and cognition, behaviour, distribution, population biology and feeding ecology. WAS $110.