Great White Sharks in United States Museums

De Maddalena, Alessandro/ Heim, Walter

McFarland & Co Inc（2009/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 223 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786441839
• DDC分類 597.3307473

Full Description

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