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Informationen zum Autor 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 Bansch 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. Klappentext A beautiful and up-to-date book on sharks of the Mediterranean. The book opens with an exhaustive general part on the biology and ecology of sharks of the Mediterranean! also covering human/shark interactions! research and conservation in the area. It then continues with a detailed section providing information on the 50 species of sharks recorded in the area. Zusammenfassung A beautiful and up-to-date book on sharks of the Mediterranean. The book opens with an exhaustive general part on the biology and ecology of sharks of the Mediterranean! also covering human/shark interactions! research and conservation in the area. It then continues with a detailed section providing information on the 50 species of sharks recorded in the area.
