SHARK: IN PERIL IN THE SEA
Written by David Owen
Published by Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd.
in 2024
ISBN: 9781915115249
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- FISH
- SHARKS
SHARK: IN PERIL IN THE SEA
Written by David Owen.
Stock no. 1330981
1st thus.
2024.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition.
Second Revised Edition (first published 2009). Everything necessary to know about these sophisticated guardians of our oceans. B/w drawings and some colour photos. 334 pages. ISBN: 9781915115249. Slight fading to spine.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Glossary
- 1. Shark Attack: Controversy, Reality, Response
- 2. Fathoming the Shark: Evolution, Classification
- 3. Shark Biology: Form and Function
- 4. The Way of the Shark Roads: Sharks and Indigenous Societies
- 5. 'This Straunge & Merueylous Fyshe': Sharks and Europeans
- 6. 'An Incredibly Bountiful Crop': Shark Exploitation
- 7. Shark Conservation: Problems, Solutions
- 8. Sharks and Creativity: Visions of Hunter and Hunted
- 9. 'Creatures of Extremes': Descriptions of Sharks, Rays, Skates and Chimaeras
- Notes
- Index