Reef Sharks and Rays of the World: A Guide to Their Identification, Behavior and Ecology - Softcover

Michael, Scott W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0930118189 ISBN 13: 9780930118181

Publisher: Sea Challengers, 1993

Synopsis

The first all-color field guide to include the various species of guitarfishes, manta rays, electric and stingrays and sharks that occur around temperate and tropical reefs of the world. Each species narrative includes distribution and natural history notes. The extensive introduction covers feeding habits, ecology, reproduction, predation, symbiosis and shark attacks. Highly recommended for divers, aquarists, students, naturalists and biologists.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Michael has been obsessed with elasmobranchs since the age of twelve, after encountering his first shark in a public aquarium. While still in high school he studied the food habits and abundance of sharks in the Gulf of Mexico, and has since conducted shark and ray research in the Sea of Cortez, Australia, and New Zealand. His endeavors to collect photographs and observe sharks and rays have taken him from Cocoa Island, Costa Rica to New Guinea and several locations in the Caribbean. He has contributed photographs and articles to numerous publications and was recently a scientific consultant for a National Geographic documentary on shark and ray behavior. He is a member of the American Elasmobranch Society, and currently leads dive trips, dubbed "Shark Safaris", which give divers the opportunity to observe and learn more about these fascinating animals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sea Challengers
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930118189
• ISBN 13: 9780930118181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112