Jose I Castro

Sharks of North America

Illustrator: Peebles, Diane Rome

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A complete reference to all the sharks inhabiting North American waters, with excellent colour illustrations of all the species.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 290mm x 228mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 2571g
• ISBN-13: 9780195392944
• ISBN-10: 0195392949
• Artikelnr.: 32729483

Autorenporträt

José I. Castro is a fisheries biologist with NOAA and a senior scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory. He received a B.S. from the University of Miami and a Ph.D. in Zoology from Clemson University. He is a shark specialist who has conducted research on different aspects of shark biology including their reproductive biology and their use of nursery areas, and has published numerous scientific articles and the well-known book The Sharks of North American Waters. He has been active in the management of shark fisheries and the conservation of sharks and lectures often at universities and research institutions throughout the world. Prior to his present position he worked as a shark biologist for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the Caribbean.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreward
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Key to the Families of North American Sharks
Species Accounts
Glossary
Bibliography
Index