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.
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.
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.
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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
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
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