Recent advances in the biology of sharks
Series: American zoologist -- v. 17, no. 2
Publisher: American Society of Zoologists
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Utica, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Sharks; Congresses
Notes: Proceedings of a symposium organized by R. Glenn Northcutt and sponsored by the Vertebrate Morphology Division of the American Society of Zoologists, presented on June 3 and 4, 1976 at the New Orleans meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

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Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Dedication to Albert L. Tester / Arthur N. Popper, Claire Gilbert, and Perry W. Gilbert; title: Relationships of fossil and living elasmobranchs / Bobb Schaeffer and Michael Williams; title: Phyletic relationships of living sharks and rays / Leonard J.V. Compagno; title: Segmentation of the vertebrate head / Malcolm T. Jollie; title: Skeletal tissues in sharks / Melvin L. Moss; title: Body form and locomotion in sharks / Keith Stewart Thomson and Dan E. Simanek; title: Feeding mechanisms in sharks / Sanford A. Moss; title: Osmoregulation in elasmobranchs / Peter K.T. Pang, Robert W. Griffith, and James W. Atz; title: Reproduction and development in chondrichthyan fishes / John P. Wourms.; title: (cont.) Elasmobranch central nervous system organization and its possible evolutionary significance / R. Glenn Northcutt; title: Structural and functional organization of the lateral line system of sharks / Robert L. Boord and C.B.G. Campbell; title: Structure and function of the elasmobranch auditory system / Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay; title: The visual system of sharks : adaptations and capability / Samuel H. Gruber; title: Approaches to the study of the behavior of sharks / Samuel H. Gruber and Arthur A. Myrberg, Jr.; title: Electrical stimulation of the shark brain / Leo S. Demski; title: On the field study of shark behavior / Donald R. Nelson; title: Commentary on papers presented at the New Orleans shark symposium and some reflections on current shark research / Perry W. Gilbert.