The breath of a whale : the science and spirit of Pacific Ocean giants

Summary: "This nonfiction book about whales in the Pacific Ocean is written by Leigh Calvez. Calvez has worked with whales and dolphins as a scientist, naturalist, and nature writer. As a scientist, she was Research Director for the Ocean Mammal Institute on such projects as the effect of vessel traffic on endangered humpback whales off Maui, Hawaii. She also led the only independent research team observing the US Navy's testing of Low Frequency Active Sonar on humpback whales in their nurseries in Hawaii in 1998"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781632171863
ISBN: 1632171864
Physical Description: print
xiii, 225 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Publisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 221).

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue : Dolphin lessons -- In the beginning. Humpback whales (megaptera novaeangliae) -- Searching for giants. Blue whales (balaenoptera musculus) -- Family. Orcas (Orcinus orca) -- In deep water. False killer whales (pseudorca crassidens) and Blainville's beaked whales (mesoplodon densirostris) -- The desert whales. Gray whales (eschrichtius robustus) -- Epilogue: Tahlequah -- A comparison of whales by size.