Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 100: Special Volume on Kogia Biology, Part 3

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Volume 100 of the Advances in Marine Biology is the third special volume on the biology of Kogia, a genus of two small sperm whales. Chapters include Stranding data of Kogia spp. from the seas around Japan; The biology of pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) from New Zealand waters; Age, growth and reproduction of pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales stranded in South Africa; The fast lane revisited: life history strategy of Kogia spp.; and Stomach content analysis of pygmy and dwarf sperm whales and its ecological implications: is there niche partitioning?

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Simon K. Davy is Professor of Marine Biology at the School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. His research interests focus on the general ecology of cetaceans (whales and dolphins), including their natural history, trophic ecology, anatomy, population genetics, strandings and health. For this, he uses a diverse array of research methods and also collaborates widely with colleagues in related research areas to gain a more holistic picture of variations in the populations found in local Eastern Cape waters in South Africa.