Daniel C. Abel is a retired college professor and coauthor of books on environmental sustainability and sharks. R. Dean Grubbs is the associate director of research and a full research faculty member at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Tristan L. Guttridge is a behavioral ecologist who specializes in shark behavior. He runs the non-profit Saving the Blue, which researches threatened sharks and rays and provides educational opportunities to connect people with ocean wildlife. Joshua K. Moyer specializes in the comparative anatomy, ecomorphology, and evolution of elasmobranch fishes. He is a lecturer at Yale University and a curatorial affiliate at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Introduction, Evolution, Diversity, and Classification1. Introduction2. Evolution of Sharks3. Diversity of SharksPart II: Adaptational Biology: How Sharks Work4. Functional Anatomy of Sharks5. Sensory Biology6. Reproduction7. Circulation, Respiration, and Metabolism8. Thermal Physiology, Osmoregulation, and DigestionPart III: Ecology and Behavior9. Ecology10. Behavior and CognitionPart IV: Fisheries, Climate Change, and Other Human Impacts11. Fisheries12. Climate Change and Other Human ImpactsAppendix: Conservation: Efforts to Protect Sharks and RaysIndex

Daniel C. Abel is a retired college professor and coauthor of books on environmental sustainability and sharks. R. Dean Grubbs is the associate director of research and a full research faculty member at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Tristan L. Guttridge is a behavioral ecologist who specializes in shark behavior. He runs the non-profit Saving the Blue, which researches threatened sharks and rays and provides educational opportunities to connect people with ocean wildlife. Joshua K. Moyer specializes in the comparative anatomy, ecomorphology, and evolution of elasmobranch fishes. He is a lecturer at Yale University and a curatorial affiliate at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Introduction, Evolution, Diversity, and Classification1. Introduction2. Evolution of Sharks3. Diversity of SharksPart II: Adaptational Biology: How Sharks Work4. Functional Anatomy of Sharks5. Sensory Biology6. Reproduction7. Circulation, Respiration, and Metabolism8. Thermal Physiology, Osmoregulation, and DigestionPart III: Ecology and Behavior9. Ecology10. Behavior and CognitionPart IV: Fisheries, Climate Change, and Other Human Impacts11. Fisheries12. Climate Change and Other Human ImpactsAppendix: Conservation: Efforts to Protect Sharks and RaysIndex

Daniel C. Abel is a retired college professor and coauthor of books on environmental sustainability and sharks. R. Dean Grubbs is the associate director of research and a full research faculty member at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Tristan L. Guttridge is a behavioral ecologist who specializes in shark behavior. He runs the non-profit Saving the Blue, which researches threatened sharks and rays and provides educational opportunities to connect people with ocean wildlife. Joshua K. Moyer specializes in the comparative anatomy, ecomorphology, and evolution of elasmobranch fishes. He is a lecturer at Yale University and a curatorial affiliate at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Introduction, Evolution, Diversity, and Classification1. Introduction2. Evolution of Sharks3. Diversity of SharksPart II: Adaptational Biology: How Sharks Work4. Functional Anatomy of Sharks5. Sensory Biology6. Reproduction7. Circulation, Respiration, and Metabolism8. Thermal Physiology, Osmoregulation, and DigestionPart III: Ecology and Behavior9. Ecology10. Behavior and CognitionPart IV: Fisheries, Climate Change, and Other Human Impacts11. Fisheries12. Climate Change and Other Human ImpactsAppendix: Conservation: Efforts to Protect Sharks and RaysIndex