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Norwegian Killer Whales

Out of Print
By: John Stenersen(Author), Tiu Similä(Author)
92 pages, colour photos
Publisher: Tringa AS Forlag
Norwegian Killer Whales
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  • Norwegian Killer Whales ISBN: 9788299457736 Hardback Dec 2004 Out of Print #155992
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About this book

John Stenersen, leading nature photographer, and Tiu Simila, the leading authority in Norway on killer whales, document through stunning colour photography and informative text, killer whale distribution, lifespan, the latest research, and an excellent chapter on identification, be it visual, acoustic or through behavioural studies. Also covered are killer whale migrations, the study of killer whale families and, perhaps most importantly, conservation and the future for the killer whale.

Contents

Foreword

The Killer Whale
distribution
killer whales and people
research on killer whales
the life of killer whales

Norwegian Killer Whales
identification
acoustic studies
behavioural studies
the migrations of herring and killer whales
tagging killer whales
samples for DNA analysis

Lifelong Learning

The Future Of Our Killer Whales
natural accidents
conflicts with human activities
pollution
the future

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Biography

John Stenersen is a photographer with a background in press and art photography. In 1995 he moved to the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway, and has since that has mainly worked with nature photography. He is a dedicated ornithologist, and has experience as a field-worker with research on bird migration and seabird monitoring. He has written several popular scientific articles, and written a book about the birds of the Lofoten Islands in 1995. He also works as a nature guide in Lofoten, and as a guide on killer whale safaris in Tysfjord.

Tiu Similä has a degree in hydrobiology and in 1986 she participated in a research project on killer whales in northern Norway - since 1987 she has been leading the project with support from the WWF. In 1997 she completed her PhD thesis at the University of Tromso on behavioural biology of killer whales. Her main research interest is in interactions between killer whales and herring and she has participated in the satellite tracking project on Norwegian killer whales.

Out of Print
By: John Stenersen(Author), Tiu Similä(Author)
92 pages, colour photos
Publisher: Tringa AS Forlag
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