Kenneth S. Norris

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Kenneth S. Norris

Biology

#9286

World Rank

#12472

Historical Rank

#2415

USA Rank

Marine Biology

#200

World Rank

#218

Historical Rank

#44

USA Rank

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Biology

Kenneth S. Norris's Degrees

PhD Zoology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Zoology University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Zoology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Kenneth Stafford Norris was an American marine mammal biologist, conservationist, and naturalist. Norris did pioneering work on dolphin echolocation. His conservation work included helping establish the University of California Natural Reserve System and work towards passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Norris was a professor at UCLA and UC Santa Cruz.

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Kenneth S. Norris's Published Works

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Functional morphology and homology in the odontocete nasal complex: Implications for sound generation (1996) (438)
Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (1967) (341)
The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (1994) (324)
Behavior of the Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin 'Stenella longirostris' (Schlegel, 1841). (1979) (256)
Standardized Methods for Measuring and Recording Data on the Smaller Cetaceans (1961) (253)
Dolphin societies : discoveries and puzzles (1991) (199)
AN EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF ECHOLOCATION BEHAVIOR IN THE PORPOISE, TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS (MONTAGU) (1961) (170)
The Ecology of the Desert Iguana Dipsosaurus Dorsalis (1953) (166)
Sound transmission in the porpoise head. (1974) (160)
Color adaptation in desert reptiles and its thermal relationships (1967) (157)
Can Odontocetes Debilitate Prey with Sound? (1983) (143)
The Structure and Functions of Cetacean Schools. (1979) (142)
An Analysis of Background Color‐Matching in Amphibians and Reptiles (1964) (140)
a Theory for the Function of the Spermaceti Organ of the Sperm Whale (physeter Catodon L) (1972) (140)
Are Dolphins Reciprocal Altruists? (1982) (135)
Some problems of echolocation in cetaceans (1964) (125)
The Functions of Temperature in the Ecology of the Percoid Fish Girella nigricans (Ayres) (1963) (124)
Cooperative societies in three- dimensional space: On the origins of aggregations, flocks, and schools, with special reference to dolphins and fish (1988) (112)
Observations of Captive and Wild Cetaceans (1956) (109)
Computer modeling of acoustic beam formation in Delphinus delphis (1992) (99)
Algodones Dunes of Southeastern California (1961) (87)
A New Harbor Porpoise of the Genus Phocoena from the Gulf of California (1958) (68)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE SYMBIOSIS OF THE SEA ANEMONE STOICHACTIS AND THE POMACENTRID FISH, AMPHIPRION PERCULA (1958) (67)
The evolution and systematics of the iguanid genus Uma and its relation to the evolution of other North American desert reptiles. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 114, article 3 (1958) (59)
The Burrowing of the Western Shovel-Nosed Snake, Chionactis occipitalis Hallowell, and the Undersand Environment (1966) (48)
Swimming Speed of a Pacific Bottlenose Porpoise (1966) (47)
Peripheral Sound Processing in Odontocetes (1980) (43)
Observations on the Water Economy and Electrolyte Excretion of Chuckwallas (Lacertilia, Sauromalus) (1964) (42)
Observations on a Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa Attenuata Gray) from Hawaii (1965) (30)
Lizard Reflectivity Change and Its Effect on Light Transmission through Body Wall (1969) (30)
Contribution to the Herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: Descriptions of New Subspecies of Snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and Miscellaneous Collecting Notes (1955) (30)
Distribution, Type Locality, and Habits of the Fish-Eating Bat, Pizonyx vivesi (1954) (28)
Spout of the Gray Whale: Its Physical Characteristics (1975) (28)
Loud Impulse Sounds in Odontocete Predation and Social Behavior (1988) (28)
Discriminative echolocation in a porpoise. (1966) (27)
The Porpoise Watcher (1974) (27)
Observations on the Habits of the Horned Lizard Phrynosoma m'callii (1949) (22)
EXPERIMENTAL RETURN TO THE WILD OF TWO BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (1998) (21)
A Survey of Fish Transportation Methods and Equipment (1959) (21)
Sightings of Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America (1996) (19)
The Tuna/Porpoise Problem: Behavioral Aspects. (1978) (18)
A Tagging Method for Small Cetaceans (1970) (17)
Analysis of the herpetofauna of Baja California, Mexico (1955) (15)
Behavior Studies by Capacitance Sensing (1961) (15)
Observations of Newborn Pacific Gray Whales on Mexican Calving Grounds (1964) (15)
Animal Groups in Three Dimensions: Perspectives on sensory integration systems: Problems, opportunities, and predictions (1997) (14)
Trained Porpoise Released in the Open Sea (1965) (9)
On the Evolution of Acoustic Communication Systems in Vertebrates (1988) (7)
California's Natural Land and Water Reserve System (1968) (7)
THE USE OF AMINE BUFFERS IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF FISHES * (1961) (7)
Open ocean diving test with a trained porpoise ( Steno bredanensis) (1965) (6)
The University of California Natural Reserve System. (1988) (6)
Dolphins in crisis (1992) (6)
Analysis of the Herpetofauna of Baja California, Mexico. IV. The Baja California Striped Whiptail, Cnemidorphorus labialis, with Key to the Striped--Unspotted Whiptails of the Southwest (1966) (6)
Beluga: white whale of the north (1994) (6)
CHAPTER 19. NEW TAGGING AND TRACKING METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF MARINE MAMMAL BIOLOGY AND MIGRATION (1974) (6)
The University of California Natural Reserve System: Progress and prospects (1988) (4)
Measurements and Weight of a Pacific Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea schlegeli, Captured off San Diego, California (1955) (3)
Supercomputer modeling of delphinid sonar beam formation (1990) (2)
WILLIAM EDWARD SCHEVILL 1906-1994 (1995) (2)
To Carl Leavitt Hubbs, a Modern Pioneer Naturalist on the Occasion of his Eightieth Year (1974) (2)
Sound Production in Dolphins (1986) (1)
OCEANIC COORDINATE INDEX (1965) (1)
STAGES OF OXIDATION COLORATION IN DUNE AND BARRIER SANDS WITH AGE: COMMENTS (1962) (1)
Collateral Behaviors and Rhythmic Patterns in Dolphin Echolocation (1990) (1)
Book Review:The Natural History of the Whale. L. Harrison Matthews (1979) (1)
Animal Thinking.Donald R. Griffin (1985) (1)
On the Evolution of Acoustic Communication Systems in Vertebrates: Part II: Cognitive Aspects (1988) (1)
Book Review:Marine Mammals. Richard J. Harrison, Judith E. King (1966) (0)
Observations on the behaviour of the pomacentrid fish Amphiprion percula, commensal of the anemone Stoichactis (1958) (0)
DISCRIMINATIV[E ECHOLOCATION IN A PORPOISE1' 2 (2006) (0)
Response : Recording Animal Activity (1962) (0)
Observations of Free-Swimming Porpoises and Whale Schools and Studies of the Chemistry of Head Oil in Porpoises. (1971) (0)
Letter to the Editor (1962) (0)
Book Review:Zulu Journal. Field Notes of a Naturalist in South Africa. Raymond B. Cowles (1960) (0)
RELATION TO THE EVOLUTION OF OTHER NORTH AMERICAN DES- ERT REPTILES (0)
Letter to the Editor. (1962) (0)
Techniques development for whale migration tracking (1973) (0)
CONDITIONED RESPONSE STUDIES OF CETACEANS. (1964) (0)
Techniques and instrumentation effort for whale migration tracking (1975) (0)
Book Review:The Animal Mind. James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould (1995) (0)

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