Elektra balinası
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''Peponocephala electra''
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 Elektra balinanın yaşam alanları |
Elektra balinası ( Peponocephala electra; diğer isimleri Çok dişli siyahbalık ve Kavun başlı balina) (Delphinidae) ailesine mensup bir (Cetacea). Cüce katil balina ve pilot balina ile benzerdir , genel olarak bu yunus cinslerinin ismi siyah balıklar olarak adlandırılır. Ayrıca Yalancı katil balina ile de ilişkilidir.[1] Elektra balinaları daha çok tropikal sularda bulunurlar fakat derin suları tercih ettikleri için insanlar tarafından çok fazla gözlemlenemezler.
Dış bağlantılar
- BBC: Hundreds of whales rescued in Philippines
- Aschettino, J.M. 2010. Population size and structure of melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) around the main Hawaiian Islands: evidence of multiple populations based on photographic data. M.Sc. Thesis, Hawai‘i Pacific University. 117 pp.
- Baird, R.W., J.M. Aschettino, D.J. McSweeney, D.L. Webster, G.S. Schorr, S. Baumann-Pickering and S.D. Mahaffy. 2010. Melon-headed whales in the Hawaiian archipelago: an assessment of population structure and long-term site fidelity based on photo-identification.
- Southall, B.L., R. Braun, F.M.D. Gulland, A.D. Heard, R.W. Baird, S.M. Wilkin, and T.K. Rowles. 2006. Hawaiian melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) mass stranding event of July 3–4, 2004. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-31.
- Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Conservation of the Manatee and Small Cetaceans of Western Africa and Macaronesia.
- Official webpage of the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region
Kaynakça
- Taylor, B.L., Baird, R., Barlow, J., Dawson, S.M., Ford, J., Mead, J.G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Wade, P. & Pitman, R.L. (2008). Peponocephala electra. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 March 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- National Audubon Society: Guide to Marine Mammals of the World ISBN 0-375-41141-0
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals ISBN 0-12-551340-2
- Watkins, WILLIAM A., et al. "Observations of Peponocephala electra, the melon-headed whale, in the southeastern Caribbean." Caribbean Journal of Science 33 (1997): 34-40.
- Reeves, Randall R., et al. Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Andrew Stewart Publishing, Inc. (2002). Print.
- McFee, Wayne E., James W. B. Powell, and David S. Rotstein. "First Records Of The Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala Electra) And The Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus Acutus) In South Carolina." Southeastern Naturalist 11.1 (2012): 23-34. Academic Search Premier. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.
- Wardle, William J., Todd A. Haney, and Graham A. J. Worthy. "New Host Record For The Whale Louse Isocyamus Delphinii(Amphipoda, Cyamidae)." Crustaceana 73.5 (2000): 639. Academic Search Premier. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.
- Brownell Jr, Robert L., et al. "Behavior of melon‐headed whales, Peponocephala electra, near oceanic islands." Marine Mammal Science 25.3 (2009): 639-658.
- ^ "Melon-headed whales in Hawai'i". Cascadia Research Institute. September 2010. 17 Haziran 2015 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: October 2010. Tarih değerini gözden geçirin:
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