Dear
MARMAMers,
we are drawing your attention to a newly published book on the cetaceans of the
Mediterranean Sea, focused (but not exclusively) on waters adjacent to the
Italian coasts.
The book is in Italian and part of a locally renown book series on the Italian
Fauna. The book is titled:
Luigi Cagnolaro, Bruno Cozzi, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Michela
Podestà (Editors) "Fauna d'Italia Vol. XLIX - Mammalia IV - Cetacea",
with over 100 illustrations including photographs from different authors and
drawings by Massimo Demma. New Business Media - Edagricole Publisher, pp. 1-392.
The multi-authored book contains chapters on the biology and distribution of
the single species, and also parts dedicated to cetacean paleontology, morphology, conservation,
pathology, parasitology and to the history of cetacean research in Italy.
Interested people may find the book for sale at the following website
or
Best regards
Bruno Cozzi
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
Michela PodestÃ
dr. Michela Podesta'
Curator
Vertebrate Zoology Dept.
Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano
corso Venezia 55 - 20121 Milano - Italy
tel. +39 0288463324 - +39 0288463280
fax +39 0288463281
www.comune.milano.it/museostorianaturale/index.html