Mediterranean Great White Sharks

Alessandro De Maddalena is a researcher, writer, scientific illustrator and wildlife photographer. He is the curator of the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank and a founding member of the Mediterranean Shark Research Group. He is the author of 19 books on sharks and hosts expeditions with courses in shark biology in South Africa, Australia and Mexico. Walter Heim, a mechanical engineer, started photographing sharks in 2001 and with his daughter Jessica has developed techniques to photograph mako and blue sharks at close range. His pictures have appeared in many books and wildlife magazines. He is the author of four books on sharks.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Foreword by Marie Levine      Preface      1. The Great White Shark      2. Records of Great White Sharks from the Mediterranean Sea      3. Summary Tables      4. Analysis of the Presence of Great White Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea      Spain      Continental Spain      Islas Baleares      France      Continental France      Corsica      Monaco      Italy      Ligurian Coast      Sardinia      Tyrrhenian Coast      Sicily      Ionian Coast      Adriatic Coast      Slovenia      Croatia      Bosnia and Herzegovina      Montenegro      Albania      Greece      Turkey      Syria      Cyprus      Lebanon      Israel      Egypt      Libya      Malta      Tunisia      Algeria      Morocco      Unknown Locations      Adriatic Sea      Mediterranean Sea      Specimens without a Capture Location      Common Names Used in the Mediterranean Area      Similar Species Present in the Study Area      Maximum Size      Average Size      Color      Reproduction      Distribution      Identification      Habitat, Movements and Seasonality      Diet      Predatory Tactics      Scavenging      Predators and Parasites      Mutualism      Attacks on Humans      Fisheries      Interactions with Tuna Farming      Utilization      Strandings      Abundance      Conservation      White Shark Materials Preserved in Museums      Photographic and Filmed Documentation      Reporting Specimens of Great White Sharks from the Mediterranean Sea      Appendix: Mediterranean Great White Shark Report Form      Bibliography      Index

“recommended”—ARBA; “presents all the data collected on the presence of the great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea”—Reference & Research Book News.