Sharks of the world
"Everyone's heard of the Great Whites. But most people know little of the hundreds of other types of sharks that inhabit the world's oceans. Written by two of the world's leading authorities and illustrated by wildlife artist Marc Dando, this is the first comprehensive field guide to all 440-plus species of shark. Color plates illustrate all species, and detailed accounts include diagnostic line drawings and a distribution map for each species. Introductory chapters treat physiology, behavior, reproduction, ecology, diet, and sharks' interrelationships with humans."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2005
Princeton University Press, Princeton, ©2005
Nonfiction
368 pages, 64 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm.
9780691120720, 9780691120713, 9780007136100, 0691120722, 0691120714, 0007136102
57718990
Pt. 1. Biology. Body structure
Skeleton
Skin and scales
Teeth and jaws
Movement and respiration
Warm blooded sharks
Osmoregulation
Senses
Feeding and digestion
Life history
Behaviour.; pt. 2. Sharks and people. Truth, legend and fiction
Fisheries
Utilisation
Research
Conservation and management
Shark encounters
Key to orders and families of living sharks.; pt. 3. Species accounts. Order Hexanchiformes
Order Pristiophoriformes
Order Squatiniformes
Order Heterodontiformes
Order Orectolobiformes
Order Lamniformes
Order Carcharhiniformes
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