New Zealand Whales and Dolphins
Index
Index
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Abel, Mr R., 46
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Admiralty Bay, Marlborough, 27
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Ageing methods, 12
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Australia, 42
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Bachelor schools, 36
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Backbone, 7
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Balaenidae, family, 16
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Balaenopteridae, family, 16
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Balleny Islands, Antarctica, 24
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Barnacles, 23
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Bends, 14
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Blackfish, 33
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Bonnet, on Right Whale, 19
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Bow-wave riding, 13
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Breeding, 12
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Calf, 12
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Captivity, 26
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Cetaceans, groups of, 4
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Christchurch, 38
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Classification of New Zealand cetaceans, 16
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Copulation, 12
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Courtship behaviour, 12
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Data to record, 43
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Daughterly, Anita, E., 46
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Dawbin, Dr W. H., 24
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Decompression sickness, 14
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Delphinidae, family, 17
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Dolphin, definition of, 4
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Dolphins, general, 25
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Dorsal fin, 7
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Euphrosyne Dolphin, 29
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Eyesight, 12
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Feel, sense of, 10
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Fiordland, 28
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Flipper, 6
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Gaskin, Dr D. E., 36
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Gestation periods, 12
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Golden Bay, 29
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Golden Coast, 41
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Hair, 6
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Hearing, sense of, 10
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Herd instinct, 16
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Hind limbs, 7
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Hybrids, 12
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Identification at sea, 43
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Kawhia, 32
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Life History data to record, 45
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Lungs, 10
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, 37
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Mahia, 15
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Mammary glands, 6
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Manawatu Beach, 27
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Maori mythology, 4
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Marlborough Sounds, 26
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Marsden Point, 15
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Mating, 12
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Migration routes, of Humpback Whale, 24
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Migrations, seasonal, of Bryde's Whale, 22
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Military interest in dolphins, 26
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Mission Bay, Auckland, 29
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Moby Dick, 36
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Morzer-Bruyns, Capt. W. F. J., 46
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Neck, 9
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Number of species in New Zealand waters, 4
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Nursery schools, 36
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Okarito, South Westland, 23
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Opo George, 26
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Opononi, 26
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Opoutama, 15
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Orongorongo Beach, Wellington, 27
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Otago Museum, 22
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Oxygen utilisation, 10
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Pelorus Jack, 27
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Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, 27
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Perano, Mr J. H., 35
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Pike, Gordon C., 46
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Photographs of cetaceans, 43
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Physeteridae, family, 17
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Porpoise, definition of, 4
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Razorback, 22
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Rough-Toothed Dolphin, 16
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Seattle Public Aquarium, 35
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Sex determination, 12
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Sexual maturity, 12
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Shark, pelagic, 25
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Skull, 9
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Size of whales, 6
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Sleep, 14
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Smell, sense of, 10
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Social groups, 16
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Sounds, production of, 10
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Southern Fin Whale, 22
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Southern Ocean, 23
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Steno bredanensis, 16
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Stewart Island, 38
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Strandings, 15
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Swimming speed, 13
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Sulphur Bottom, 22
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Taste buds, 10
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Teeth, numbers of, 45
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Timaru, 42
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U.S. National Museum, 16
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Vestigial teeth, 36
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Vision, field of, 12
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Wainui Beach, Gisborne, 36
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Wanganui, 38
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Whalebone whales, 4
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Whaling around New Zealand, 6
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Whangamumu, Northland, 6
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Ziphiidae, family, 17
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