SHARK BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences

Archives of Shark-L

http://raven.utc.edu/archives/shark-l.html

Sharks and cartilaginous fish discussion via e-mail postings.

Elasmo World

http://www.elasmoworld.org/

Comprehensive, informative site dealing with sharks, rays, skates and chimeras.

Galapagos Island Sharks

http://www.gahaghan.com/galapagos/sharks/sharks.html

Small site with interesting photographs of Galapagos Island sharks.

Galapagos Shark

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Galapagosshark.shtml

Everything you probably would want to know about the grey reef whaler is concisely presented here.

The Great White Shark

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/Doug/shark.html

This informative site provides some eye-opening facts about the Great White ahark.

International Shark Attack File

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/ISAF/ISAF.htm

The International Shark Attack File is a compilation of all known shark attacks.  

The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation

http://www.pelagic.org/

Good, fact-filled site focusing on pelagic sharks, but including others as well.

Saving the Sharks

http://www.aqua.org/helpsavesharks.htm

Conservationist approach to shark data.

Sharks

http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/

Pretty neat shark-related facts and activities geared to children and their teachers.

Sharks and their Relatives: Ecology and Conservation

http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/sharksoc.htm

An introduction to the ecology, status and conservation of sharks and their relatives for a general audience.

Sharky Websites.htm

http://www.elasmo-research.org/shark-sites.htm

Catalogue of shark websites, ranging from the light-hearted to the scientifically serious.

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Ashley, Laurence M. Laboratory Anatomy of the Shark. Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown, c1950. Main QL638.9 .A85 1950.

Camhi, Merry, et al. Sharks and their Relatives: Ecology and Conservation. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, c1998.

Cox, Geoffrey J. and Malcolm Francis. Sharks and Rays of New Zealand. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press, 1997. Ichthy QL638.6 .C69 1997.

Dingerkus, Guido. The Shark Watcher’s Guide. New York: Wanderer Books, published by Simon & Schuster, c1985. SA QL638.9 .D47 1985.

Ellis, Richard. The Book of Sharks. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1983. SA QL638.9 .E44 1983.

Ellis, Richard and John E. McCosker. Great White Shark. New York, NY: HarperCollins in collaboration with Stanford University Press, 1991. Pub, Main, & Ichthy QL638.95 .L3 E45 1991.

Ferguson, Ava and Gregor M. Cailliet. Sharks and Rays of the Pacific Coast. Monterey, CA: Monterey Bay Aquarium, c1990. Pub & REF Wild California QL638.9 .F47 1990.

Garman, Samuel. The Plagiostomia: (Sharks, Skates, and Rays). Los Angeles, CA: Benthic Press, [1997]. Ichthy QL638.6 .G37 1997.

Gruber, Samuel H. , ed. Discovering Sharks: A Volume Honoring the Work of Stewart Springer. Highlands, NJ: American Littoral Society, c1991. SA Serials Underwater naturalist v.19:4/20:1

Hamlett, William C., ed. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1999. Ichthy QL638.6 .S52 1999.

Klimley, A. Peter and David G. Ainley, eds. Great White Sharks: The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c1996. Ichthy QL638.95 .L3 G73 1996.

Last, P. R. and J. D. Stevens. Sharks and Rays of Australia. [East Melbourne, Vic.?]: CSIRO Australia, c1994. Ichthy QL638.6 .L37 1994.

Lineaweaver, Thomas H. and Richard H. Backus. The Natural History of Sharks. New York: Lyons & Burford, 1984, c1970. Main QL638.9 .L55 1984.

Marcussen, Mary. Sharks. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences, c1991. Pub QL638.9 .M37 1991.

Michael, Scott W. Reef Sharks and Rays of the World: A Guide to their Identification, Behavior, and Ecology. Monterey, CA: Sea Challengers, 1993. SA QL638.9 .M525 1993.

Mooney-Seus, Marjorie L. and Gregory S. Stone. The Forgotten Giants: Giant Ocean Fishes of the Atlantic and Pacific. [Washington, D.C.]: Ocean Wildlife Campaign, [1997?]. SA QL638.9 .M66 1997.

Moss, Sanford A. Sharks, an Introduction for the Amateur Naturalist. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1984. SA QL638.9 .M67 1984.

Parker, Steve and Jane Parker. The Encyclopedia of Sharks. Willowdale, Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books, 1999. Pub QL638.9 .P37 1999.

Shark News. Newbury, Berkshire, UK: IUCN Shark Specialist Group, [1994-. Biodiv Serials.

Sharks, Silent Hunters of the Deep. Sydney [N.S.W.]; New York: Reader's Digest, c1986. Pub QL638.9 .S52 1986.

Shotton, R., ed. Case Studies of the Management of Elasmobranch Fisheries. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999. Main SH351 .S6 C365 1999 parts 1 and 2.

Springer, Victor Gruschka and Joy P. Gold. Sharks in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989. Biodiv, Main REF, & Ichthy QL638.9 .S67 1989.

Stevens, J. D., ed. Sharks. New York: Facts on File Publications, c1987. SA QL638.9 .S54 1987.

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Draft United States National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. Silver Spring, MD: Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, [2000]. SA QL639.8 .U54 2000.

Vanderbilt, William K. To Galápagos on the Ara, 1926: The Events of a Pleasure-Cruise to the Galápagos Islands and a Classification of a Few Rare Aquatic Findings, Including Two Specimens of a New Species of Shark never Caught Before and Here Described for the First Time. [Mount Vernon, N.Y.]: Privately printed [by W.E. Rudge, c1927.]. LSR Folio QH198 .G3 V36 1927.

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VIDEOTAPES

The Academy’s Steinhart Aquarium Video Magazine: At the California Academy of Sciences.  San Francisco, CA: Video Development Crop., 1988. S.C. QL79.U62 S34 1988.

Shark Encounters. Burbank, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video, [1993], 1991. 1 videocassette (51 min.) Pub QL638.9 .S476 1993.

Sharks: Predators or Prey? Morris Plains, NJ: Lucerne Media 1994. 1 videocassette (23 min.) Pub QL638.9 .S496 1994.

The Sharks. Washington, D.C.: The Society;  Burbank, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video, [1994], 1982. 1 videocassette (59 min.) Pub QL638.9 .S485 1994.

Magnificent Fish: The Forgotten Giants. Boston, MA: The Aquarium, Ben Lomond, CA: The Video Project, 1997. 1 videocassette (15 min.) Biodiv QL638.9 .M355 1997.

The Predators. S.l.: Ocean Images, Inc., 1968. 1 videocassette (20 min.) Main SC QL638.9 .P74 1968.

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Materials with call numbers Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, & Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.

October 20011 -- url update July 2003