Research Catalog
Sharks
- Title
- Sharks / consulting editor, John D. Stevens.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Checkmark Books, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL638.9 .S454 1999q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Stevens, J. D. (John Donald), 1947-
- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 32 cm
- Summary
- Describes different kinds of sharks, discusses shark biology, ecology, and senses, and assesses new techniques to repel sharks and prevent attacks.
- Subject
- Note
- "A Weldon Owen production"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-235) and index.
- Contents
- The origin of the shark / John G. Maisey -- Kinds of sharks / Leonard J.V. Compagno -- Shark biology / John D. Stevens -- Habitats and distribution / Guido Dingerkus -- Sensory systems / Edward S. Hodgson -- Shark behavior / Arthur A. Myrberg -- Shark ecology / Timothy C. Tricas -- Encounters with sharks in North and Central America / George H. Burgess and Chadwick S. Macfie -- Encounters with sharks in Australia / Roland Hughes, revised by John West -- Encounters with sharks in South Africa / Leonard J.V. Compagno -- Encounters with sharks in New Zealand / Larry J. Paul -- Encounters with sharks in the tropical Pacific / Leighton R. Taylor -- The legendary shark / Richard Ellis -- Sharks at close quarters / Valerie Taylor -- Repelling sharks / C. Scott Johnson -- Using sharks / A.M. Olsen -- Conserving sharks / Leonard J.V. Compagno -- Observing sharks / Kevin Deacon and Leighton R. Taylor -- Checklist of living sharks -- Resource guide.
- ISBN
- 0816039909
- 9780816039906
- LCCN
- 98042091
- OCLC
- ocm40076551
- 40076551
- SCSB-798477
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library