Sharks of the Mediterranean

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. Harald Bänsch is the chief biologist of the Vieques Shark Research Field Station. He has been a collaborator for the Shark Research Center of Walker’s Cay, Bahamas, and has joined several research expeditions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 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 deleteixPrefaceBiology and Ecology of SharksStatus of Sharks in the Mediterranean SeaResearch on Sharks in the Mediterranean AreaClassification of Sharks Living in the Mediterranean SeaSpecies IdentificationBetween pages 76 and 77 are 16 color plates containing 49 imagesSpecies ProfilesGlossaryBibliographyIndex