Biology of sharks and their relatives / / edited by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (636 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CarrierJeffrey C
MusickJohn A HeithausMichael R |
Collana | Marine biology |
Soggetto topico |
Chondrichthyes
Marine biology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-10654-8
1-4398-3926-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; Section I: Phylogeny and Zoogeography; 1. The Origin and Relationships of Early Chondrichthyans; 2. Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A Mitochondrial Estimate Based on 595 Species; 3. Phylogeny of Batoidea; 4. Phylogeny, Biology, and Classification of Extant Holocephalans; Section II: Form, Function, and Physiological Processes; 5. Biomechanics of Locomotion in Sharks, Rays, and Chimeras; 6. Prey Capture Behavior and Feeding Mechanics of Elasmobranchs; 7. Energetics, Metabolism, and Endothermy in Sharks and Rays
8. Food Consumption and Feeding Habits9. Integrative Multisensor Tagging: Emerging Techniques to Link Elasmobranch Behavior, Physiology, and Ecology; 10. Reproductive Biology of Elasmobranchs; 11. Hormonal Regulation of Elasmobranch Physiology; 12. Sensory Physiology and Behavior of Elasmobranchs; 13. Recent Advances in Elasmobranch Immunology; Section III: Ecology and Life History; 14. Assessing the Age and Growth of Chondrichthyan Fishes; 15. Population Dynamics, Demography, and Stock Assessment; 16. Genetics of Sharks, Skates, and Rays; 17. Predator-Prey Interactions 18. An Updated Look at Elasmobranchs as Hosts of Metazoan Parasites19. Assessing Habitat Use and Movement |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461727503321 |
Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chondrichthyes : Multidisciplinary Approach / / edited by Luis Fernando da Silva Rodrigues Filho, João Bráullio de Luna Sales |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rijeka, Croatia : , : IntechOpen, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 597.3 |
Soggetto topico | Chondrichthyes |
ISBN |
953-51-3991-6
953-51-3712-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Chondrichthyes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910317839403321 |
Rijeka, Croatia : , : IntechOpen, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Effects of EMFs from undersea power cables on elasmobranchs and other marine species : final report / / prepared by Dr. Timothy Tricas, Dr. Andrew Gill |
Autore | Tricas Timothy C. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Camarillo, California : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Pacific OCS Region, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 172, appendices) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
Collana | OCS study |
Soggetto topico |
Chondrichthyes
Electromagnetic fields - Environmental aspects Renewable energy sources - Environmental aspects Ocean energy resources - Environmental aspects Offshore wind power plants - Environmental aspects Marine resources conservation Conservation of natural resources Sustainable development |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Effects of EMFs from undersea power cables on elasmobranchs and other marine species |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910715263203321 |
Tricas Timothy C. | ||
Camarillo, California : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Pacific OCS Region, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution of dental tissues and paleobiology in selachians / / Gilles Cuny, Guillaume Guinot, Sébastian Enault |
Autore | Cuny Gilles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : ISTE Press : , : Elsevier, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (129 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 597.3 |
Collana | Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoenvironments Set |
Soggetto topico |
Chondrichthyes
Teeth |
ISBN |
0-08-101140-7
1-78548-139-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Mineralized tissues -- 2. Paleozoic sharks -- 3. Hybodont sharks -- 4. Enameloid microstructure in rays -- 5. Enameloid microstructure diversity in modern shark teeth -- 6. Comparison of enameloid microstructure in actinopterygian and elasmobranch teeth. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583312803321 |
Cuny Gilles | ||
London, [England] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : ISTE Press : , : Elsevier, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sharks : the animal answer guide / / Gene Helfman and George H. Burgess |
Autore | Helfman Gene S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : John Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Sharks
Chondrichthyes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4214-1310-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Introducing Sharks, Skates, Rays, and Chimaeras""; ""What is this book about?""; ""What are sharks and how are they classified?""; ""How many kinds of sharks are there?""; ""How did sharks get their name?""; ""Where do sharks live?""; ""When did sharks evolve?""; ""What are the largest and smallest sharks alive today?""; ""What is the fastest shark?""; ""What is the largest shark that ever lived?""; ""Where can I find fossil shark teeth?""; ""How can you tell whether a fossil shark lived in a river, a lake, or an ocean?""
""Why are sharks important?""""Why should people care about sharks?""; ""2 Form and Function of Sharks""; ""What is the metabolism of a shark?""; ""Are sharks cold-blooded or warm-blooded?""; ""What kind of teeth do sharks have?""; ""How many teeth does a shark have during its lifetime?""; ""Do a shark's teeth change during its life?""; ""What is the skeleton of a shark made of ?""; ""Does a shark have senses like ours?""; ""How good is a shark's sense of smell?""; ""How well can sharks hear?""; ""How well can sharks see?""; ""Can sharks see color?"" ""How do sharks detect electric fields?""""Do sharks sleep?""; ""Do sharks have scales like other fishes?""; ""How do sharks breathe under water?""; ""Must a shark keep swimming to breathe?""; ""How do sharks swim?""; ""How do a shark's fins function during swimming?""; ""How long can a shark live out of water?""; ""Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange heads?""; ""What kind of brains do sharks have?""; ""How large is a shark's brain?""; ""3 Shark Colors""; ""Why are so many sharks dark on top and light on the bottom?""; ""Which sharks aren't countershaded?"" ""Are any sharks colorful?""""Are any sharks colorless?""; ""What causes the different colors of sharks?""; ""Is there a reason for the color patterns of sharks?""; ""What color are a shark's eyes?""; ""Do a shark's colors change as it grows?""; ""Do a shark's colors change at different times of the day or in different seasons?""; ""Is there much geographic variation in the color of a shark species?""; ""4 Shark Behavior""; ""Are sharks social?""; ""Do sharks form schools?""; ""Can sharks tell one another apart?""; ""Do sharks fight?""; ""Are any sharks territorial?"" ""Do sharks socialize with other kinds of animals?""""Why do sharks swim at the surface with their dorsal fins sticking out?""; ""How smart are sharks?""; ""Do sharks use tools?""; ""Do sharks play?""; ""Do sharks talk?""; ""What is tonic immobility?""; ""5 Shark Ecology""; ""Do sharks migrate?""; ""How do sharks navigate?""; ""How many shark species live in rivers and lakes?""; ""How far down in the ocean do sharks live?""; ""Which geographic regions have the most species of sharks?""; ""Which sharks are most or least abundant?""; ""When during the day are sharks most active?"" ""How do sharks survive the winter?"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465190303321 |
Helfman Gene S. | ||
Baltimore, Maryland : , : John Hopkins University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sharks : the animal answer guide / / Gene Helfman and George H. Burgess |
Autore | Helfman Gene S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Sharks
Chondrichthyes |
ISBN | 1-4214-1310-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Introducing Sharks, Skates, Rays, and Chimaeras""; ""What is this book about?""; ""What are sharks and how are they classified?""; ""How many kinds of sharks are there?""; ""How did sharks get their name?""; ""Where do sharks live?""; ""When did sharks evolve?""; ""What are the largest and smallest sharks alive today?""; ""What is the fastest shark?""; ""What is the largest shark that ever lived?""; ""Where can I find fossil shark teeth?""; ""How can you tell whether a fossil shark lived in a river, a lake, or an ocean?""
""Why are sharks important?""""Why should people care about sharks?""; ""2 Form and Function of Sharks""; ""What is the metabolism of a shark?""; ""Are sharks cold-blooded or warm-blooded?""; ""What kind of teeth do sharks have?""; ""How many teeth does a shark have during its lifetime?""; ""Do a shark's teeth change during its life?""; ""What is the skeleton of a shark made of ?""; ""Does a shark have senses like ours?""; ""How good is a shark's sense of smell?""; ""How well can sharks hear?""; ""How well can sharks see?""; ""Can sharks see color?"" ""How do sharks detect electric fields?""""Do sharks sleep?""; ""Do sharks have scales like other fishes?""; ""How do sharks breathe under water?""; ""Must a shark keep swimming to breathe?""; ""How do sharks swim?""; ""How do a shark's fins function during swimming?""; ""How long can a shark live out of water?""; ""Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange heads?""; ""What kind of brains do sharks have?""; ""How large is a shark's brain?""; ""3 Shark Colors""; ""Why are so many sharks dark on top and light on the bottom?""; ""Which sharks aren't countershaded?"" ""Are any sharks colorful?""""Are any sharks colorless?""; ""What causes the different colors of sharks?""; ""Is there a reason for the color patterns of sharks?""; ""What color are a shark's eyes?""; ""Do a shark's colors change as it grows?""; ""Do a shark's colors change at different times of the day or in different seasons?""; ""Is there much geographic variation in the color of a shark species?""; ""4 Shark Behavior""; ""Are sharks social?""; ""Do sharks form schools?""; ""Can sharks tell one another apart?""; ""Do sharks fight?""; ""Are any sharks territorial?"" ""Do sharks socialize with other kinds of animals?""""Why do sharks swim at the surface with their dorsal fins sticking out?""; ""How smart are sharks?""; ""Do sharks use tools?""; ""Do sharks play?""; ""Do sharks talk?""; ""What is tonic immobility?""; ""5 Shark Ecology""; ""Do sharks migrate?""; ""How do sharks navigate?""; ""How many shark species live in rivers and lakes?""; ""How far down in the ocean do sharks live?""; ""Which geographic regions have the most species of sharks?""; ""Which sharks are most or least abundant?""; ""When during the day are sharks most active?"" ""How do sharks survive the winter?"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792166303321 |
Helfman Gene S. | ||
Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sharks : the animal answer guide / / Gene Helfman and George H. Burgess |
Autore | Helfman Gene S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Sharks
Chondrichthyes |
ISBN | 1-4214-1310-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Introducing Sharks, Skates, Rays, and Chimaeras""; ""What is this book about?""; ""What are sharks and how are they classified?""; ""How many kinds of sharks are there?""; ""How did sharks get their name?""; ""Where do sharks live?""; ""When did sharks evolve?""; ""What are the largest and smallest sharks alive today?""; ""What is the fastest shark?""; ""What is the largest shark that ever lived?""; ""Where can I find fossil shark teeth?""; ""How can you tell whether a fossil shark lived in a river, a lake, or an ocean?""
""Why are sharks important?""""Why should people care about sharks?""; ""2 Form and Function of Sharks""; ""What is the metabolism of a shark?""; ""Are sharks cold-blooded or warm-blooded?""; ""What kind of teeth do sharks have?""; ""How many teeth does a shark have during its lifetime?""; ""Do a shark's teeth change during its life?""; ""What is the skeleton of a shark made of ?""; ""Does a shark have senses like ours?""; ""How good is a shark's sense of smell?""; ""How well can sharks hear?""; ""How well can sharks see?""; ""Can sharks see color?"" ""How do sharks detect electric fields?""""Do sharks sleep?""; ""Do sharks have scales like other fishes?""; ""How do sharks breathe under water?""; ""Must a shark keep swimming to breathe?""; ""How do sharks swim?""; ""How do a shark's fins function during swimming?""; ""How long can a shark live out of water?""; ""Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange heads?""; ""What kind of brains do sharks have?""; ""How large is a shark's brain?""; ""3 Shark Colors""; ""Why are so many sharks dark on top and light on the bottom?""; ""Which sharks aren't countershaded?"" ""Are any sharks colorful?""""Are any sharks colorless?""; ""What causes the different colors of sharks?""; ""Is there a reason for the color patterns of sharks?""; ""What color are a shark's eyes?""; ""Do a shark's colors change as it grows?""; ""Do a shark's colors change at different times of the day or in different seasons?""; ""Is there much geographic variation in the color of a shark species?""; ""4 Shark Behavior""; ""Are sharks social?""; ""Do sharks form schools?""; ""Can sharks tell one another apart?""; ""Do sharks fight?""; ""Are any sharks territorial?"" ""Do sharks socialize with other kinds of animals?""""Why do sharks swim at the surface with their dorsal fins sticking out?""; ""How smart are sharks?""; ""Do sharks use tools?""; ""Do sharks play?""; ""Do sharks talk?""; ""What is tonic immobility?""; ""5 Shark Ecology""; ""Do sharks migrate?""; ""How do sharks navigate?""; ""How many shark species live in rivers and lakes?""; ""How far down in the ocean do sharks live?""; ""Which geographic regions have the most species of sharks?""; ""Which sharks are most or least abundant?""; ""When during the day are sharks most active?"" ""How do sharks survive the winter?"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812281203321 |
Helfman Gene S. | ||
Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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