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The biology of sharks and rays / A. Peter Klimley ; with illustrations by Steven Oerding.

By: Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013Description: xi, 512 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226442495 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226442497 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 567/.3 23
LOC classification:
  • QL638.9 .K568 2013
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QL638.9 .K568 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 33039001271542

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.

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