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Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives is an award-winning and groundbreaking exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of sharks, skates, rays, and chimera. This edition presents current research as well as traditional models, to provide future researchers with solid historical foundations in shark research as well as presenting current trends from which to develop new frontiers in their own work.

Traditional areas of study such as age and growth, reproduction, taxonomy and systematics, sensory biology, and ecology are updated with contemporary research that incorporates emerging techniques including molecular genetics, exploratory techniques in artificial insemination, and the rapidly expanding fields of satellite tracking, remote sensing, accelerometry, and imaging.

With two new editors and 90 contributors from the US, UK, South Africa, Portugal, France, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India, Palau, United Arab Emirates, Micronesia, Sweden, Argentina, Indonesia, Cameroon, and the Netherlands, this third edition is the most global and comprehensive yet. It adds six new chapters representing extensive studies of health, stress, disease and pathology, and social structure, and continues to explore elasmobranch ecological roles and interactions with their habitats. The book concludes with a comprehensive review of conservation policies, management, and strategies, as well as consideration of the potential effects of impending climate change.

Presenting cohesive and integrated coverage of key topics and discussing technological advances used in modern shark research, this revised edition offers a well-rounded picture for students and researchers.

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Chapter 1 Bridging the Gap Between Chondrichthyan Paleobiology and Biology Chapter 2 Taxonomy and Diversity of Extant Elasmobranchs Chapter 3 How to Build a Shark: Biomechanics and Bioinspiration Chapter 4 Advances in Chondrichthyan Neurobiology Chapter 5 Advances in the Sensory Biology of Elasmobranchs Chapter 6 Understanding the Age and Growth of Chondrichthyan Fishes Chapter 7 Elasmobranch Mating Systems Chapter 8 Molecular Aspects of Elasmobranch Reproduction and Artificial Insemination Chapter 9 Selected Topics in the Developmental Biology of Chondrichthyan Fishes Chapter 10 Physiological and Applied Energetics of Elasmobranch Fishes Chapter 11 Elasmobranch Foraging Strategies and Tactics Chapter 12 Advances in Methods, Understanding, and Applications of Elasmobranch Movement Ecology Chapter 13 Stress Responses, Health, and Diseases of Elasmobranchs Chapter 14 Elasmobranch Health, Pathology, and the Host Microbiome Chapter 15 Advances in Our Understanding of the Ecological Importance of Sharks and Their Relatives Chapter 16 Population Structure and Connectivity of Chondrichthyans Chapter 17 Shark and Ray Social Lives: Form, Function, and Ecological Significance of Associations and Grouping Chapter 18 Freshwater and Euryhaline Elasmobranchs Chapter 19 Deepwater Chondrichthyans Chapter 20 The Elasmobranchs of Coral Reefs Chapter 21 Conservation Science for Sharks and Rays Chapter 22 Elasmobranch Conservation Policy: Progress and Priorities Chapter 23 Guiding Random Acts of Kindness: Conservation Planning for Sharks and Rays Chapter 24 Strategies to Reduce Fisheries Bycatch Mortality in Chondrichthyans Chapter 25 Climate Change and Sharks

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