Great white shark : the biology of carcharodon carcharias /: the biology of carcharodon carcharias. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by A. Peter Klimley, David G. Ainley.
• Other Names: Klimley, A. Peter; Ainley, David G
• Contents: Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ; A.P. Klimley and D.G. Ainley, White Shark Research in the Past: A Perspective; R.C. Murphy, A Plea for White Shark Conservation; Evolution: ; G. Hubell, Using Tooth Structure to Determine the Evolutionary History of the White Shark; S.P. Applegate and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena, The Fossil History of Carcharodon and Its Possible Ancestor, Cretolamna : A Study in Tooth Identification; D.J. Long and B.M. Waggoner, Evolutionary Relationships of the White Shark: A Phylogeny of Lamniform Sharks Based on Dental Morphology; A.P. Martin, Systematics of the Lamnidae and the Origination Time of Carcharodon carcharias Inferred from the Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Sequences; M.D. Gottfried, L.J.V. Compagno, and S.C. Bowman, Size and Skeletal Anatomy of the Giant "Megatooth" Shark Carcharodon megalodon ; R.W. Purdy, Paleoecology of Fossil White Sharks; Anatomy: ; H.F. Mollet and G.M. Cailliet, Using Allometry to Predict Body Mass from Linear Measurements of the White Shark; H.F. Mollet, G.M. Cailliet, A.P. Klimley, D.A. Ebert, A.D. Testi, and L.J.V. Compagno, A Review of Length Validation Methods and Protocols to Measure Large White Sharks; Physiology: ; K.J. Goldman, S.D. Anderson, J.E. McCosker, and A.P. Klimley, Temperature, Swimming Depth, and Movements of a White Shark at the South Farallon Islands, California; L.S. Demski and R.Gl. Northcutt, The Brain and Cranial Nerves of the White Shark: An Evolutionary Perspective; H.L. Pratt, Jr., Reproduction in the Male White Shark; S. Uchida, M. Toda, K. Teshima, and K. Yano, Pregnant White Sharks with Full-Term Embryos from Japan; M.P. Francis, Observations on a Pregnant White Shark with a Review of Reproductive Biology; Behavior: ; A.P. Klimley, P. Pyle, and S.D. Anderson, The Behavior of White Sharks and Their Pinniped Prey during Predatory Attacks; B.J. LeBoeuf and D.E. Crocker, Diving Behavior of Elephant Seals: Implications for Predator Avoidance; W.R. Strong, Jr., Repetitive Aerial Jaw Gaping: A Thwart-Induced Behavior in White Sharks; R.S. Collier, M. Marks, and R.W. Warner, White Shark Attacks on Inanimate Objects along the Pacific Coast of North America; S.D. Anderson, R.P. Henderson, P. Pyle, and D.G. Ainley, Observations of White Shark Reactions to Unbaited Decoys; W.R. Strong, Jr., Shape Discrimination and Visual Predatory Tactics in White Sharks; A.P. Klimley, P. Pyle, and S.D. Anderson, Tail Slap and Breach: Agonistic Displays among White Sharks?; G.W. Barlow, Behavior of the White Shark: An Emerging Picture. Ecology and Distribution: ; D.J. Long, K.D. Hanni, P. Pyle, J. Roletto, R.E. Jones, and R. Bandar, White Shark Predation on Four Pinniped Species in Central California Waters: Geographic and Temporal Patterns Inferred from Wounded Carcasses; S.D. Anderson, A.P. Klimley, P. Pyle, and R.P. Henderson, Tidal Height and White Shark Predation at the South Farallon Islands, California; P. Pyle, S.D. Anderson, A.P. Klimley, and R.P. Henderson, Environmental Factors Affecting the Occurrence and Behavior of White Sharks at the Farallon Islands, California; D.J. Long and R.E. Jones, White Shark Predation and Scavenging on Cetaceans in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean; J.A. Ames, J.J. Geibel, F.E. Wendell, and C.A. Pattison, White Shark-Inflicted Wounds of Sea Otters in California, 1968-1992; D.J. Long, Records of White Shark-Bitten Leatherback Sea Turtles along the Central California Coast; I.K. Fergusson, Distribution and Autecology of the White Shark in the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; O.B.F. Gadig and R.S. Rosa, Occurrence of the White Shark along the Brazilian Coast; G. Cliff, S.F.J. Dudley, and M.R. Jury, Catches of White Sharks in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and Environmental Influences; Population Biology: ; A.P. Klimley and S.D. Anderson, Residency Patterns of White Sharks at the South Farallon Islands, California; P. Pyle, S.D. Anderson, and D.G. Ainley, Trends in White Shark Predation at the South Farallon Islands, 1968-1993; C.A. Ferreira and T.P. Ferreira, Population Dynamics of White Sharks in South Africa; G. Cliff, R.P. Van Der Elst, A. Govender, T.K. Witthuhn, and E.M. Bullen, First Estimates of Mortality and Population Size on the South African Coast; W.R. Strong, Jr., B.D. Bruce, D.R. Nelson, and R.D. Murphy, Population Dynamics of White Sharks in Spencer Gulf, South Australia; G.M. Cailliet, An Evaluation of Methodologies to Study the Population Biology of White Sharks; Interactions with Humans: ; J.E. McCosker and R.N. Lea, White Shark Attacks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: An Update and Analysis; M. Levine, Unprovoked Attacks by White Sharks off the South African Coast; J. West, White Shark Attacks in Australian Waters; G.H. Burgess and M. Callahan, Worldwide Patterns of White Shark Attacks on Humans; D.R. Nelson and W.R. Strong, Jr., Chemical Repellent Tests on White Sharks, with Comments on Repellent Delivery Methods; H.D. Baldridge, Jr., Comments on Means for Avoidance or Deterrence of White Shark Attacks on Humans; B. Heneman and M. Glazer, More Rare Than Dangerous: A Case Study of White Shark Conservation in California; Bibliography; Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (517 pages)
• Subjects: 597.33; White shark; White shark
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080532608; 0080532608
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