Great White Sharks in United States Museums
Alessandro
De Maddalena
and Walter Heim
Foreword by Sean R. Van Sommeran ISBN
978-0-7864-4183-9
107 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
223pp.
softcover
(7 x 10)
2009
Available for immediate shipment
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.
About the Author
Alessandro De Maddalena is the curator of the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank, the President of the Italian Ichthyological Society, and a founding member of the Mediterranean Shark Research Group. Considered one of the world’s best nature illustrators, De Maddalena has produced more than 700 illustrations of sharks and cetaceans.
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