Mediterranean Great White Sharks: A Comprehensive Study Including All Recorded Sightings

by Alessandro De Maddalena, Walter Heim

Overview

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 the species in that region and constitutes a rich resource for historians, scientists, fishermen, and divers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786488155
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/12/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	16 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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. 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.
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.
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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Marie Levine     
Preface     

1. The Great White Shark     
2. Records of Great White Sharks from the Mediterranean Sea     
3. Summary Tables     
4. Analysis of the Presence of Great White Sharks in 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     
Common 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 Sea     

Appendix: Mediterranean Great White Shark Report Form     
Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

recommended”—ARBA; “presents all the data collected on the presence of the great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea”—Reference & Research Book News.

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"presents all the data collected on the presence of the great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea"

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