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Sharks: Ancient Predators in a Modern Sea
Salvador Jorgensen
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Description for Sharks: Ancient Predators in a Modern Sea
Hardback. A top marine research scientist offers new insights into the world's most feared predator and illustrated profiles of all the world's known species of shark. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour photos. BIC Classification: PSVW1; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1528.
Sharks are exquisite creatures refined and honed by competitive forces that have lived in balance with ocean prey for millions of years. They live in every ocean habitat on Earth, from shallow tide pools to the deep abyss, and from the open ocean to where rivers meet the sea. In Sharks a top research scientist explores what has made sharks such successful predators, how they differ from other animals in their biological success and what unique advantages evolution has conferred. Sharks is illustrated with uniquely sourced photography demonstrating newly observed behaviour, scientific findings and recent developments in our understanding of ... Read more
Sharks are exquisite creatures refined and honed by competitive forces that have lived in balance with ocean prey for millions of years. They live in every ocean habitat on Earth, from shallow tide pools to the deep abyss, and from the open ocean to where rivers meet the sea. In Sharks a top research scientist explores what has made sharks such successful predators, how they differ from other animals in their biological success and what unique advantages evolution has conferred. Sharks is illustrated with uniquely sourced photography demonstrating newly observed behaviour, scientific findings and recent developments in our understanding of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Firefly Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
1511g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781770852334
SKU
V9781770852334
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Salvador Jorgensen
Salvador Jorgensen is a Research Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium where he studies the ecology, migration and population dynamics of great white sharks. He completed a Ph.D. in Ecology at U.C. Davis and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. He was a Fulbright scholar in Mexico in 2004 and has published over 20 peer review articles. He lives with ... Read more
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