Sharks
Subtitle: biology and fisheries : proceedings of an International Conference on Shark Biology and Conservation, Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia, 25 February - 1 March 1991
By: editor, Julian G. Pepperell.
Contributors: Pepperell, Julian G.; Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (Australia)
Publisher: CSIRO
Published: 1992
Place of publication: [East Melbourne, Australia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Sharks -- Congresses.; Sharks -- congresses; Fisheries -- congresses; Conservation of Natural Resources -- congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprinted from: Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 43/1 1992.
Table of contents: title: Preliminary observations on the biology of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in South Australian waters; title: Movements and associated observations of bait-attracted white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias: a preliminary report; title: Review of the biology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier); title: Biology of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught by the Queensland Shark Meshing Program off Townsville, Australia; title: Tagging studies on the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the western North Atlantic; title: Tracking coastal sharks with small boats: hammerhead shark pups as a case study; title: Reproductive strategy of the Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori (Elasmobranchii : Carcharhinidae), from Cleveland Bay, northern Queensland; title: Reproductive biology of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1839).; title: (cont) Diets of sharks from estuaries and adjacent waters of the north-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia; title: Electrophoretic analysis of phylogenetic relationships among Australian Carcharhinid sharks; title: Comparative study of the genus Isurus (Rafinesque, 1810), and description of a form ('Marrajo Criollo') apparently endemic to the Azores; title: Functional aspects of placoid scales: a review and update; title: Tendon structure of the caudal fin in the blue shark, Prionace glauca; title: Re-examination of the fine structure of endoskeletal mineralization in chondrichthyans: implications for growth, ageing and calcium homeostasis; title: Demography of the central California population of the leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata); title: Fishery simulation model for sharks applied to the gummy shark, Mustelus antarcticus Gunther, from southern Australian waters.; title: (cont) Trends in the distribution, species composition and size of sharks caught by gamefish anglers off south-eastern Australia, 1961-90; title: Blue and mako shark by-catch in the Japanese longline fishery off south-eastern Australia; title: Preliminary results of a study into the incidental mortality of sharks in gill-nets in two Tasmanian shark nursery areas; title: Economics of resource conservation in a commercial shark fishery; title: Protection against shark attack in South Africa, 1952-90; title: Long-term studies of serum concentrations of reproductively related steroid hormones in individual captive carcharhinids; title: Assessment of catches from protective shark meshing off New South Wales beaches between 1950 and 1990; title: Growth, age estimation and feeding of captive sevengill sharks, Notorynchus cepedianus, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.; title: (cont) New record extending the southerly distribution of the shark ray (Rhina ancylostomus), and notes on the behaviour of the specimen in captivity; title: Capture and transportation of elasmobranchs, with emphasis on the grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus).