LC Science Tracer Bullet Series

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                            DOLPHINS

                    Compiled by Diana Niskern
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                    Science Reference Section
                 Science and Technology Division
                       Library of Congress
                      10 First Street, S.E.
                  Washington, D.C.  20540-5581


TB 91-10                                               April 1991

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SCOPE:  The family Delphinidae is the largest family of toothed
        whales.  It includes not only those mammals commonly
        referred to as dolphins, such as the bottlenosed dolphin
        often seen in captivity, but also the killer whale.  This
        literature guide is not intended to be a comprehensive
        bibliography on dolphins; the guide is designed--as the
        name of the series implies--to put the reader "on
        target."


INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC

* Available in reference collection, Science Reading Room

     The Dolphin report.  Sea frontiers, v. 37, Mar./Apr. 1991:
        36-55.                                             GC1.S4
           Includes articles on dolphin intelligence and
        communication and on therapeutic swim-with-dolphins
        programs, plus a collection of news items about dolphins.

     Dolphins.  In  The New book of popular science.  v. 5. 
        Danbury, Conn., Grolier, c1990. p. 61-66. Q162.N437 1990*

     W~rsig, Bernd.  Dolphins.  Scientific American, v. 240, Mar.
        1979: 136-138, 140, 143-146, 148.                   T1.S5


SUBJECT HEADINGS used by the Library of Congress, under which
books on dolphins can be located in most card, book, and online
catalogs, include the following:

     DOLPHINS (Highly relevant)
     ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSED DOLPHINS (Relevant)
     BOTTLENOSED DOLPHINS (Relevant)
     KILLER WHALE (Relevant)
     CETACEA (More general)
     MARINE MAMMALS (More general)


GENERAL TEXTS

     Baker, Mary L.  Dolphins, Delphinidae.  In her  Whales,
        dolphins, and porpoises of the world.  Garden City, N.Y.,
        Doubleday, 1987.  p. 83-163.           QL737.C4B235 1987*

     Bonner, W. Nigel.  Whales of the world.  New York, Facts on
        File, c1989.  191 p.                    QL737.C4B67 1989*
           Bibliography: p. 186-187.
           See especially  "The oceanic dolphins"  (p. 102-129) 
        and  "Killers and their kin" (p. 130-145).

     Ellis, Richard.  Dolphins and porpoises.  New York, Knopf;
        Distributed by Random House, 1982.  270 p.
                                               QL737.C43E44 1982*
           References and bibliography: p. 215-258.

     Evans, Peter G. H.  The natural history of whales &
        dolphins.  New York, Facts on File Publications, c1987. 
        343 p.                                  QL737.C4E93 1987*
           Bibliography: p. 302-335.

     The Greenpeace book of dolphins.  Edited by John May.  New
        York, Sterling Pub. Co., 1990.  159 p. QL737.C432G74 1990
           "Originally published in Great Britain by Century
        Editions."
           Suitable for younger readers.  Includes sections on
        human threats from hunting, fishing, and environmental
        disruption and on the controversies surrounding military
        use of dolphins and dolphins in captivity.

     Reeves, Randall R., and Stephen Leatherwood.  The Sea World
        book of dolphins.  San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
        c1987.  111 p.                         QL737.C432R44 1987
           Describes the evolution, physical characteristics,
        habits, natural environment, and conservation of various
        types of dolphins.  Especially suitable for younger
        readers.

     Research on dolphins.  Edited by M. M. Bryden, Richard
        Harrison.  Oxford, Eng., Clarendon Press; New York,
        Oxford University Press, 1986.  478 p. QL737.C432R47 1986
           Technical papers on dolphin anatomy and physiology,
        dolphins in captivity, and dolphins in the ocean.


SPECIALIZED TITLES

     Behavioral biology of killer whales.  Editors, Barbara C.
        Kirkevold and Joan S. Lockard.  New York, A.R. Liss,
        c1986.  457 p.  (Zoo biology monographs, v. 1)
           Includes bibliographies.            QL737.C432B44 1986

     The Bottlenose dolphin.  Edited by Stephen Leatherwood,
        Randall R. Reeves.  San Diego, Academic Press, c1990. 
        653 p.                                 QL737.C432B67 1990
           Includes bibliographical references.

     Donoghue, Michael, and Annie Wheeler.  Save the dolphins. 
        Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Sheridan House, 1990.  119 p., 48 p.
        of plates.                            QL737.C432D664 1990
           Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-117).

     Gormley, Gerard.  Orcas of the Gulf: a natural history.  San
        Francisco, Sierra Club Books, c1990.  205 p.QL737.C432G685 1990
           Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-199).
           Describes killer whales in the western North Atlantic.

     Kastner, Paul, Joan Kastner, and Jessica A. Porter.  Gentle
        giants of the sea.  By the Whale Museum.  2nd ed.  Edited
        by A. Russ Hoelzel.  Friday Harbor, Wash., The Museum,
        1986.  132, 48 p.                        QL737.C4K26 1986
           Includes bibliographies.
           A teaching tool for the elementary grades that
        introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and
        natural environment of various species of whales and
        dolphins.  Also discusses whale lore and history and the
        relationship of these sea mammals to humans.  Includes
        teacher's notes and a variety of related activities.
 

THE FOLLOWING SPECIALIZED TITLES ARE:

  PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF EXPERIENCES WITH DOLPHINS

     Hoyt, Erich.  The whale called killer.  New York, Dutton,
        c1981.  226 p.                         QL737.C432H69 1981
           Bibliography: p. 201-215.

     O'Barry, Richard.  Behind the dolphin smile.  With Keith
        Coulbourn.  Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel
        Hill; Dallas, Tex., Taylor Pub. Co., 1988.  252 p.
                                                 QL795.D7O23 1988
           By the trainer of the television star "Flipper."

     Ridgway, Sam H.  The dolphin doctor: a pioneering
        veterinarian remembers the extraordinary dolphin that
        inspired his career.  Dublin, N.H., Yankee Books, c1987. 
        159 p.                                   SF613.R54A3 1987
           Story of a young American veterinarian and a Navy
        research dolphin.

     Shane, Susan H.  The bottlenose dolphin in the wild. 
        Felton, Calif., Dolphin Book, c1988.  48 p.
                                                MLCS 89/15118 (G)


HANDBOOKS

     CRC handbook of marine mammal medicine: health, disease, and
        rehabilitation.  Editor, Leslie A. Dierauf.  Boca Raton,
        Fla., CRC Press, c1990.  735 p.
           Includes bibliographical references.
                                              SF997.5.M35C73 1990

     Hoyt, Erich.   The whale watcher's handbook.   Garden City,
        N.Y.,  Doubleday,  c1984.  208 p.        QL737.C4H68 1984
           Bibliography: p. 203-204.

     Leatherwood, Stephen, and Randall R. Reeves.  The Sierra
        Club handbook of whales and dolphins.  San Francisco,
        Sierra Club Books, c1983.  302 p.        QL737.C4L33 1983
           See especially "The oceanic dolphins": p. 152-261.

     Minasian, Stanley M., Kenneth C. Balcomb, and Larry A.
        Foster.  Oceanic dolphins. In their  The world's whales:
        the complete illustrated guide.  Washington, Smithsonian
        Books; New York, Distributed by W. W. Norton, c1984.  p.
        118-185.                                QL737.C4M66 1984*


BIBLIOGRAPHIES

     Bird, James E.  Whales, whaling, dolphins, and porpoises: an
        annotated bibliography. San Diego, American Cetacean
        Society, 1977.  85 leaves.  (American Cetacean Society. 
        Publication, no. ACSSD-1)                     Z7996.C4B57

     Truitt, Deborah.  Dolphins and porpoises: a comprehensive,
        annotated bibliography of the smaller Cetacea.  Detroit,
        Gale Research Co., 1974.  582 p.              Z7996.C4T75

     Whitfield, William K.  An annotated bibliography of dolphin
        and porpoise families Delphinidae and Platanistidae.  St.
        Petersburg, Marine Research Laboratory, Florida Dept. of
        Natural Resources, 1971.  104 p.  (Marine Research
        Laboratory, St. Petersburg, Fla.  Special scientific
        report, no. 26)             Z7996.C4W46 and Pamphlet box*


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

     Breeding dolphins: present status, suggestions for the
        future.  Edited by Sam H. Ridgway and Kurt Benirschke. 
        Prepared for Marine Mammal Commission, Washington, D.C. 
        San Diego, Zoological Society of San Diego, Nov. 1977.
        308 p.                                          PB-273673
           Contains the proceedings of a Dolphin Breeding
        Workshop held at the San Diego Zoo under the sponsorship
        of the Marine Mammal Commission, Dec. 1975.

     Dolphin cognition and behavior: a comparative approach. 
        Edited by Ronald J. Schusterman, Jeanette A. Thomas,
        Forrest G. Wood.  Hillsdale, N.J.,  L. Erlbaum
        Associates,  1986.  393 p.             QL737.C432D65 1986
           Papers of a conference held at the Hubbs Marine
        Research Institute at Sea World in June, 1983.


STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS

     International Whaling Commission.  Report.  1949/50-    
        Cambridge.  annual.                            SH381.I484

     Wells, Randall S., Michael D. Scott, and A. Blair Irvine. 
        The social structure of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins. 
        Current mammalogy, v. 1, 1987: 247-305.
                                           QL700.C87 vol. 1, 1987


GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

     Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act.  Washington,
        U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1991.  118 p.     KF26.C696 1990a

     Holt, Rennie S., and Stephanie N. Sexton.  Monitoring trends
        in dolphin abundance in the eastern tropical Pacific
        using research vessels over a long sampling period:
        analyses of 1986 data, the first year.  In  United
        States. National Marine Fisheries Service.  Fishery
        bulletin, v. 88, no. 1, 1990: 105-111.           SH11.A25

     Leatherwood, Stephen, David K. Caldwell, and Howard E. Winn. 
        Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North
        Atlantic: a guide to their identification.  With special
        assistance by William E. Schevill and Melba C. Caldwell. 
        Seattle, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and
        Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries
        Service, 1976.  176 p.  (NOAA technical report NMFS CIRC,
        396)                        QL737.C4L34 and Pamphlet box*

     United States. CONGRESS. HOUSE. COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE
        AND FISHERIES. SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND
        INVESTIGATIONS.  Mass mortality of bottlenose dolphins in
        1987-88: hearings before the Subcommittee on Oversight
        and Investigations of the Committee on Merchant Marine
        and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred
        First Congress, first session on the conclusions of the
        clinical investigation of the 1987-88 mass mortality of
        the bottlenose dolphins along the United States Central
        and South Atlantic coasts, May 9, 10, 1989.  Washington,
        U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1989.  302 p.     KF27.M474 1989c

     Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific
        and adjacent Arctic waters: a guide to their
        identification.  Stephen Leatherwood and others.  With
        Appendix A on tagging by Larry Hobbs.  Seattle, U.S.
        Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
        Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1982. 
        245 p.  (NOAA technical report NMFS circular, 444)
                                                QL737.C4W443 1982


ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES that index relevant journal
articles and other literature on dolphins are listed below.  Some
suggested terms are given as aids in searching.  Note: Consult
reference librarian for location of abstracting and indexing
services in the Science Reading Room.  The following indexes are
available in most public and college libraries:

     APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INDEX (1913-)         Z7913.I7*
        See:  Dolphins

     BIOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURAL INDEX (1916-)           Z5073.A46*
        See:  Dolphins

     GENERAL SCIENCE INDEX (1978-)                     Z7401.G46*
        See:  Dolphins and Porpoises

     MAGAZINE INDEX            Available in several formats in LC
        See:  Dolphins
              Bottlenosed Dolphins
              Killer Whale

     READERS' GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE (1900-)      AI3.R48
        See:  Dolphins
              Killer Whales

The following abstracting and indexing services, which should be
used for more exhaustive searches, may be available only in large
or specialized libraries.

     AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES ABSTRACTS.  PART 1,
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND LIVING RESOURCES (1971-)      QH90.A1A68*
        See:  Headings such as Delphinidae, Orcinus orca, etc. in
              Taxonomic Index

     BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS (1926-)                      QH301.B37*
        See:  Dolphin(s) and Killer Whale(s) in Subject Index
              Names of individual species in Generic Index

     INDEX MEDICUS (1960-)                            Z6660.I422*
        See:  Dolphins

     OCEANIC ABSTRACTS (1964-)                           GC1.O24*
        See:  Marine Mammals in Subject Index
              Taxonomic names in Organism Index

     SCIENCE CITATION INDEX (1961-)                   Z7401.S365*
        See especially PERMUTERM SUBJECT INDEX (1966-) for
        entries under keywords of interest

     WILDLIFE REVIEW (1935-)                           SK351.W58*
        See:  Marine Mammals section
              Names of individual species in Systematic Index -
              Mammals

     ZOOLOGICAL RECORD (1864-)                         Z7991.Z87*
        See section 19, Mammalia, for entries under Delphinidae
        in Systematic Index or under scientific name in Index to
        Genera

Online data bases may be available in some libraries.  Data bases
likely to be useful for topics related to dolphins include
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Life
Sciences Collection, MEDLINE, NTIS, SCISEARCH, and Zoological
Record Online.


JOURNALS that often contain relevant articles include the
following:

     Acoustical Society of America.  JOURNAL QC221.A4
     AQUATIC MAMMALS Not in LC collection
     CETOLOGY QL737.C4C38
     INVESTIGATIONS ON CETACEA QL737.C4P55
        Collected works edited by G. Pilleri
     MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE QL713.2.M33
     OCEANUS GC1.O35
     SEA FRONTIERS GC1.S4
     Tokyo. Whales Research Institute.  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
        QL737.C4T5
     WHALEWATCHER; JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY
        QL737.C4W45


REPRESENTATIVE JOURNAL ARTICLES

     Asper, Edward D., W. Glenn Young, and Michael T. Walsh. 
        Observations on the birth and development of a captive-
        born killer whale.  International zoo yearbook, v. 27,
        1988: 295-304.                             QL76.I55 1987*

     Coe, James M., David B. Holts, and Richard W. Butler.  The
        "tuna-porpoise" problem: NMFS dolphin mortality reduction
        research, 1970-81.  Marine fisheries review, 
        v. 46, no. 3, 1984: 18-33.                     SH11.A4463

     Forcier-Beringer, Ann G.  Talking with dolphins.  Sea
        frontiers/sea secrets, v. 32, Mar./Apr. 1986: 84-92.
                                                           GC1.S4

     Hand, Douglas.  Keeping an ear on Orcas.  Oceans, v. 20,
        July/Aug. 1987: 10-19, 59.                        GC1.O34

     Hoyt, Erich.  The whales called "killer."  National
        geographic, v. 166, Aug. 1984: 220-237.            G1.N27

     Moore, P. W. B., and others.  The critical interval in
        dolphin echolocation: what is it?  In  Acoustical Society
        of America.  Journal, v. 76, July 1984: 314-317. QC221.A4

     Pryor, Karen, and others.  A dolphin-human fishing
        cooperative in Brazil.  Marine mammal science, v. 6, Jan.
        1990: 77-82.                                  QL713.2.M33

     Shane, Susan H., Randall S. Wells, and Bernd W~rsig. 
        Ecology, behavior and social organization of the
        bottlenose dolphin: a review.  Marine mammal science, v.
        2, Jan. 1986: 34-63.                          QL713.2.M33
           Includes extensive bibliography.


TECHNICAL REPORTS

The following reports are available in the Microform collection
of the Science Reading Room.  They are sold by the National
Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161.

     Gilpatrick, James W., and others.  Summary of distribution
        records of the spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris,
        and the pantropical spotted dolphin, S. attenuata, from
        the western Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.  La
        Jolla, CA, Southwest Fisheries Center, National Marine
        Fisheries Service, NOAA, Oct. 1987.  43 p.  (NOAA-TM-
        NMFS-SWFC-89)                                PB88-160189*

     Hill, P. Scott, Alan Jackson, and Tim Gerrodette.  Report of
        a marine mammal survey of the eastern tropical Pacific
        aboard the research vessel McArthur, July 29-December 7,
        1989.  La Jolla, CA,  National Marine Fisheries Service, 
        Southwest Fisheries Center,  June 1990.  141 p.  (NOAA-
        TM-NMFS-SWFC-143)                            PB90-246828*

     Pawloski, Deborah A.  Combined stimulus control of peak
        frequency and source level in the echolocating dolphin
        (Tursiops truncatus).  San Diego, CA, Naval Ocean Systems
        Center, Mar. 1988.  24 p.                    AD-A209 267*

     Wilson, Carrie E., and others.  Summary of worldwide
        locality records of the striped dolphin, Stenella
        coeruleoalba.  La Jolla, CA, National Marine Fisheries
        Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, Dec. 1987.  71 p. 
        (NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-90)                        PB88-217468

Additional technical reports and other types of literature may be
identified in the following abstracting and indexing journals:

     GOVERNMENT REPORTS ANNOUNCEMENTS & INDEX (1946-)  Z7916.G78*
        See:  Dolphins (Mammals)

     MONTHLY CATALOG OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
        (1895-)                                        Z1223.A18*
        See:  Dolphins



SELECTED MATERIALS available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet
boxes include:

     Annotated bibliography of publications from the US Navy's
        Marine Mammal Program.  San Diego, Naval Ocean Systems
        Center, July 1985.  56 p.  (NOSC technical document 627,
        revision A)

     Blaylock, Robert A.  Distribution and abundance of the
        bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1921),
        in Virginia.  In  United States. National Marine
        Fisheries Service.  Fishery bulletin, v. 86, Oct. 1988:
        797-805.

     Ford, John K. B.  Family fugues.  Natural history, v. 100,
        Mar. 1991: 68-70, 72-74, 76.

     Kaplan, Justine.  The day of the dolphins.  Omni, v. 11,
        June 1989: 42-44, 46, 48, 94-96.

     Morrison, David C.  Marine mammals join the Navy.  Science,
        v. 242, Dec. 16, 1988: 1503-1504.

     Quammen, David.  Who swims with the tuna?  Outside, v. 15,
        Dec. 1990: 31-35.

     Tyack, Peter L., and Laela S. Sayigh.  Those dolphins aren't
        just whistling in the dark. Oceanus, v. 32, spring 1989:
        80-83.

     Wells, Randall S.  Secrets of a high society.  National
        wildlife, v. 27, Aug./Sept. 1989: 38-44.


ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

     American Cetacean Society
     P.O. Box 2639
     San Pedro, CA  90731
     Telephone: (213) 548-6279

     Center for Marine Conservation
     1725 DeSales St., NW
     Washington, DC  20036
     Telephone: (202) 429-5609

     Interspecies Communication, Inc.
     273 Hidden Meadow
     Friday Harbor, WA  98250
     Telephone: (206) 378-5186

     To identify the current addresses of other relevant
organizations and research projects, consult CONSERVATION
DIRECTORY  (S920.C64*),  ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS (AS22.E5*),
RESEARCH CENTERS DIRECTORY (AS25.D5*), and LIFE SCIENCES
ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES DIRECTORY (QH321.L54 1988*) under such
keywords as Dolphin(s), Cetacea(ns), and Marine Mammals.


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