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This complete guide to great white shark specimens preserved in the museums and aquariums of the United States catalogs 160 items in 26 institutions. The preserved material includes whole specimens as well as parts (jaws, teeth, vertebrae, etc.). Each entry details the methods of preserving or preparing the specimen and of creating a model of the shark cast from a mold of the original specimen. The work also includes a general introduction describing the biology, ethology and ecology of the great white shark and more detailed accounts of the various preservation methods.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Sean R. Van Sommeran
Preface
1. Biology, Ethology and Ecology of the Great White Shark
2. Preserving and Reconstructing Great White Sharks
3. Great White Shark Materials in Museums
Alaska
California
Connecticut
Florida
Illinois
Massachusetts
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington (State)
Washington, D.C.
4. Great White Sharks in Aquariums (A Chronological Report)
Appendix I—Institutions Contacted
Appendix II—Reporting Specimens of Great White Sharks
Bibliography
Index



