Mediterranean great white sharks : a comprehensive study including all recorded sightings / Alessandro De Maddalena and Walter Heim ; foreword by Marie Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Maddalena, Alessandro, 1970- author.

Heim, Walter (Walter D.), author.

Levine, Marie, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White shark--Mediterranean Sea--Case studies.

White shark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 th

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Marie Levine; Preface; 1-The Great White Shark; 2-Records of Great White Sharks from 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; 3. Summary Tables

4. Analysis fo the Presence of Great White Sharks in the Mediterranean SeaCommon 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 SeaAppendix: Mediterranean Great White Shark Report Form; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8815-8