Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, text illustrations. WAS $40. John Bannister is a leading expert on the large whales of southern waters and has published on Sperm, Humpbacked and right whales. Seven 'great whales' are found in Australian coastal waters including six of... More about Great whales
Perth: WA Museum, 1995. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $15. More about Western Australian Humpback and Right Whales: an increasing success story
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, text illustrations, diagrams. WAS $90. Presents an overview of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. The volume encompasses multiple points of... More about Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. WAS $50. A compilation of research papers from leading marine mammal scientists examining trends in marine mammal studies. More about Marine mammal research in the Southern Hemisphere, volume one: status, ecology and medicine
New York: Counterpoint, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, remainder mark. WAS $45. Original in approach and incisive in its questions, "Beluga Days" explores how conservation laws, management policies and human behaviours have affected the shrinking beluga population. Lord encounters an ongoing debate wrestling with the immediate need to protect the whales. More about Beluga days: tracking a white whale's truths
Stillwater: Voyager Press, 2003. Oblong format, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $30. Although an excellent general introduction to our favorite marine mammals, we must admit that we were even more enthralled with the magnificent wildlife photography featured in this book. In addition to facts on some 85 species, including right and... More about The world of whales, dolphins, and porpoises
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2002. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. WAS $28. Traces the lives of gray whales during their migrations between Alaska and Mexico, from their summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea to winter birthing lagoons in Baja, examining their rich history including the conflict between... More about Sightings: the Gray whales' mysterious journey
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1999. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $110. 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... More about Biology of marine mammals