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Great White Sharks in United States Museums (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786441839)
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Alessandro de Maddalena
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xThis 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.
Author: Alessandro de Maddalena,Walter Heim
ISBN-10: 0786441836
ISBN-13: 9780786441839
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2009
Pages: 223
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2009 pg. 63
By Alessandro de Maddalena
xAlessandro 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.
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