Mediterranean Great White Sharks

A Comprehensive Study Including All Recorded Sightings

Alessandro de Maddalena, Walter Heim (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2012
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-5889-9 (ISBN)

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In 1996, the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank began collecting and recording encounters in the Mediterranean between great white sharks and boats, bathers, divers, fishermen and others, from the Middle Ages to the present. This meticulously researched work presents the study's findings for the first time, releasing a trove of information on the great white's size, distribution, habitat, behavior, reproduction, diet, fisheries and attacks on humans. With 596 records of great white sharks from the entire Mediterranean Sea, this volume represents the most complete and comprehensive study on the species in that region and constitutes a rich resource for historians, scientists, fishermen, and divers.

Alessandro De Maddalena is a researcher, writer, scientific illustrator and wildlife photographer. He is the curator of the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank and a founding member of the Mediterranean Shark Research Group. He is the author of 19 books on sharks and hosts expeditions with courses in shark biology in South Africa, Australia and Mexico. Walter Heim, a mechanical engineer, started photographing sharks in 2001 and with his daughter Jessica has developed techniques to photograph mako and blue sharks at close range. His pictures have appeared in many books and wildlife magazines. He is the author of four books on sharks.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Marie Levine

Preface

1. The Great White Shark

2. Records of Great White Sharks from the Mediterranean Sea

3. Summary Tables

4. Analysis of the Presence of Great White Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea

Spain

Continental Spain

Islas Baleares

France

Continental France

Corsica

Monaco

Italy

Ligurian Coast

Sardinia

Tyrrhenian Coast

Sicily

Ionian Coast

Adriatic Coast

Slovenia

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Montenegro

Albania

Greece

Turkey

Syria

Cyprus

Lebanon

Israel

Egypt

Libya

Malta

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco

Unknown Locations

Adriatic Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Specimens without a Capture Location

Common Names Used in the Mediterranean Area

Similar Species Present in the Study Area

Maximum Size

Average Size

Color

Reproduction

Distribution

Identification

Habitat, Movements and Seasonality

Diet

Predatory Tactics

Scavenging

Predators and Parasites

Mutualism

Attacks on Humans

Fisheries

Interactions with Tuna Farming

Utilization

Strandings

Abundance

Conservation

White Shark Materials Preserved in Museums

Photographic and Filmed Documentation

Reporting Specimens of Great White Sharks from the Mediterranean Sea

Appendix: Mediterranean Great White Shark Report Form

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	87 photos & illustrations, tables, appendix, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7864-5889-5 / 0786458895
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-5889-9 / 9780786458899
Zustand	Neuware