Shark Repellents From The Sea

New Perspectives

Bernard J Zahuranec (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

210 Seiten

2019
CRC Press (Verlag)
9780367287207 (ISBN)

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This book deals with the biochemistry and physiopharmacology of naturally occurring substances that may provide new hope of developing a truly effective shark repellent. The contributors examine the effects of the substances on the behavior of sharks.

Some species of sharks, because they are large, agile predators, are extremely dangerous to humans in water. During World War II, the long-time goal of an effective shark repellent was partially realized by the U.S. Navy's development of "Shark Chaser," a copper acetate-negrosine dye mixture. But neither Shark Chaser nor other noxious or even extre

Bernard J Zahuranec

Preface -- Shark Research and the United States Navy -- Shark Attack and Repellency Research: An Overview -- On the Probability of Finding Shark Repellents in Marine Organisms -- Shark Repellents: Protocols for a Behavioral Bioassay -- Flatfish, Fireflies, Sharks: Behavior Modification Induced by Natural Repellents -- Shark Repellent Effect of the Red Sea Moses Sole -- Effect of Moses Sole Secretion and Its Active Factor, Pardaxin, on Elasmobranchs -- On the Membranal Action of Pardaxin -- Pardaxin: Its Action, Toxicity, and Structure -- Toxicity in Shallow Marine Waters: Potential for Developing Shark Repellents

Erscheinungsdatum	18.06.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-13	9780367287207 / 9780367287207
Zustand	Neuware