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MARC recordNarwhals: Arctic whales in a melting world / Todd McLeish.
| Title: | Narwhals: Arctic whales in a melting world / Todd McLeish. |
| Author(s): | McLeish, Todd. |
| Date: | 2013. |
| Publisher: | Seattle: University of Washington Press |
| Abstract: | Study of life cycle of narwhal Monodon monoceros. Includes history and myth surrounding narwhal and describes trade in tusks. Although narwhals are not presently seen as endangered species, current pace of climatic change combined with their slow adaptation rate does not augur well for their long-term survival. |
| Keywords: | 291.13 -- Myths and mythology. 398 -- Native peoples, folk beliefs and tales. 398.22 -- Sagas and historic legends. 39 -- Ethnography: Inuit. 502 -- Environmental issues. 551.583 -- Climatic changes. 591.4 -- Animal anatomy. 599.533 -- Monodontidae: Monodon monoceros. 639.24 -- Marine mammals, hunting. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. H6 -- Zoology: mammals. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*617) -- Greenland Sea and Fram Strait. (*62) -- Canadian Arctic waters. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*3) : 599.533[2013] |
| ISBN: | 9780295992648 |
| SPRI record no.: | 205476 |
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