C Carrier | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Winner of Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Title award, January 2005, this bestseller brings together the latest information on the phylogeny, physiology, behavior and ecology of sharks and their relatives, the skates, rays, and chimaeras. Written by top tier scientists in elasmobranch research, the book includes 19 chapters that address the form, function, and physiological processes of these dominant Chondrichthyes. Each chapter in Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives offers a comprehensive succinct review of the subject with extensive citations. It includes nearly 200 illustrations and color insert.