Sharks of the world / Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler.
By: Compagno, Leonard J.V.
Contributor(s): Dando, Marc | Fowler, Sarah.
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BookSeries: Princeton field guides.Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Princeton, University Press, 2005Description: 368 p., plates : ill. ; cm.ISBN: 0691120714.Subject(s): SHARKS
| TAXONOMY | IDENTIFICATION | FIELD GUIDES | BIOLOGY | ELASMOBRANCHIIHoldings: GRETA POINT: 597.3 SHA Summary: 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.
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Includes bibiographical references and index.
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.
GRETA POINT: 597.3 SHA
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