The biology of sharks and rays / A. Peter Klimley ; with illustrations by Steven Oerding.
Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013Description: xi, 512 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226442495 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226442497 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 567/.3 23
- QL638.9 .K568 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to the cartilaginous fishes -- Evolutionary history -- Body design and swimming modes -- Water and ionic regulation -- Warming of the body -- Sense of smell: chemoreception -- Sense of hearing: mechanoreception -- Sense of sight: photoreception -- Sense of electromagnetic fields: electroreception/magnetoreception -- Brain organization and intelligence -- Courtship and reproduction -- Feeding behavior and biomechanics -- Diet and growth -- Daily movements, home range, and migration -- Cartilaginous fishes and humans -- Fisheries and conservation.