WWW Shark Links

 

These sites are all on-line as of May 2004. I put this list together for our high school students in 2002 and have recently verified it. As I told them, please note that much of the information presented on these sites is not scientific. There is some good information out there, but please use your own judgment before believing….

 

Hawaii’s sharks

http://hawaiisharks.com

 

HIMB Sharklab (hammerheads, tiger sharks, sand bars, reef fish)

            http://www.hawaii.edu/HIMB/sharklab

 

HIMB Tricas Fishlab

            http://www.hawaii.edu/fishlab

 

Honolulu Star Bulletin article on high school summer shark tagging program

            http://starbulletin.com/2002/11/03/news/story3.html

 

UH newspaper Kaleo article on hammerhead shark tagging Kaneohe Bay

http://www.kaleo.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/09/13/3ba0a14e2ca7d

 

Waikiki Aquarium shark cam (and other cams too)

http://waquarium.mic.hawaii.edu/cameras.html

 

Shark database (set for genus Sphyrna- note this page mentions S. couardi, which is no longer considered a species)

            http://www.shark.ch/cgi-bin/w3-msql/mSQL/specs.html?genus=Sphyrna&fam=Sphyrnidae

 

Hammerhead shark hub

            http://projectlinks.org/hammerhead/

 

Amateur hammerhead shark page (not very scientific, but some good photographs)

http://www.geocities.com/rleffanta/shark.html

 

American museum of natural history (has some wrong information about how hammerheads orient to their prey, but otherwise pretty good)

http://www.amnh.org/

 

http://www.amnh.org/learn/pd/sharks_rays/rfl_dissection/

 

Jonathan Bird (underwater photographer- has lots of nice hammerhead photos. We are filming a National Geographic film with Jonathan in June 2004)

http://www.oceanicresearch.org/jbird.html

 

The Underwater Times: a compilation of news stories from various papers and journals about all stuff aquatic. Lots of shark information and it’s updated regularly

http://www.underwatertimes.com

 

Other good sites on the web:

 

Noaa Apex Predators And Sharks Program

            http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/

 

Western Australia shark page

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/

 

Fisher Biology Program at Wood’s Hole

            http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/fbi/fbi.html

 

Hammerhead shark hub

            http://projectlinks.org/hammerhead/

 

Amateur hammerhead shark page

http://www.geocities.com/rleffanta/shark.html

 

Sharks, sharks, and more sharks

            http://www.batnet.com/seeandsea/sharks.html

 

Great White Sharks come to Hawaii: Science Journal paper

            http://stripe.colorado.edu/~am/Andy's%20Shark%20paper.pdf

 

New England Sharks

            http://www.newenglandsharks.com/

 

Ocean Resource Foundation

            http://www.orf.org/oceans.html

 

Ask a scientist about ‘Chondrichthyes’

http://oceanlink.island.net/ask/chondrichthyes.html

 

Pictures of Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks in Baja CA

            http://www.bajadestinations.com/fishid/sharkhammer/sharkhammer.htm

 

Ocean Oasis Field Guide (set to scalloped hammerhead shark)

            http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/sphy-lew.html

 

American Elasmobranch (sharks, skates, rays) Society Homepage

            http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Organizations/aes/aes.htm

 

 

 

Reefquest Website

 

The Reefquest Website has a link to lots of accurate and informative shark websites. All the links below are listed on their site (as are some others). Much of the information below is from their site. It is best to go there, but in case you can’t get through – use the links below. Reefquest is a good first stop on the web!

            REEFQUEST:  http://www.elasmo-research.org/

 

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

 

Canadian Shark Research Laboratory - attractive and informative page by Steve Campana, featuring profiles of many of Atlantic Canada's shark species and detailing Campana's own research on life history of the Porbeagle

http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/shark/english/index.htm

 

Capt. Tom's New England Sharks Page - very informative site by Capt. Tom King, with a heavy emphasis on identification, natural history, and sport angling for sharks of the western North Atlantic; lots of original material, engagingly presented

                        http://newenglandsharks.com/

 

           

Doug Long's Great White Sharks Page - photo-rich site describing Long's research on White Shark predatory behavior off California

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

 

                                   

Egg-Capsules of Sharks and Rays - fascinating website by Dutch biologist Peter Bor describing and depicting the egg cases of many batoids; also includes a page depicting the egg cases of several shark species

                        http://www.rajidae.tmfweb.nl/index.html

 

Elasmoworld - an interesting, ambitious and very attractive site by Cedric Tisserand, featuring a searchable shark and ray database; has potential to become an excellent site, if Tisserand ever finishes building it

http://www.elasmoworld.org/

 

Enchanted Learning - Sharks - a wonderful, informative, easy-to-read and nicely illustrated site on sharks for kids. Includes brief profiles of several of the better known or more spectacular species.

                  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/allabout/

 

Fiona's Shark Mania - a wonderful, eclectic and playful site by Fiona Webster, dedicated to shark appreciation in all its forms; features a splendid gallery of artwork by Richard Ellis, sharky excerpts from literature, shark poetry, shark clip-art and GIF's

                        http://www.oceanstar.com/shark/

 

Henry Mollet's Home Page - a very informative page focusing on Mollet's elasmobranch research, based out of the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium; great material about current research on eastern North Pacific sharks and rays

                  http://homepage.mac.com/mollet/

 

The Italian Great White Shark Data Bank - a beautifully illustrated site from my colleague Alessandro De Maddalena, a young but already highly accomplished shark researcher as well as a very gifted author and scientific illustrator. Available in English and Italian.

http://utenti.lycos.it/Carcharodon/index.html

 

                                   

Life & Times of Long-Dead Sharks - excellent site by Jim Bourdon describing and illustrating teeth and other fossil remains of sharks and rays, with special emphasis on the North Carolina region; lots of original material, including Bourdon's own work on fossil rays and featuring contributions from many eminent paleontologists and fossil shark tooth collectors

The life an times of long dead sharks

                        http://www.elasmo.com/

 

Masterpiece of Evolution: The Shark - great page by Ben S. Roesch, featuring lots of original material by Roesh as well as a collection of some of the best sharky stuff from the Web

                        http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/HomePage.shark.html

 

     

Mediterranean Shark Site - excellent site by Ian Fergusson, focusing on the sharks of the Mediterranean Sea; includes news and illustrated profiles of Mediterranean sharks as well as a terrific summary of what is known about the White Shark

                        http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z9015043/index.html

 

Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - a very attractive site offering lots of neat shark photos and nice profiles of selected eastern North Pacific sharks; cool photos of PSRF staff carrying our field research

                        http://www.pelagic.org/

 

Shark Foundation - excellent, Swiss-based site, featuring a searchable database of shark species and Erich Ritter's interesting and controversial newsletter, Shark Info

                        http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/

 

Shark Research Committee - very nice site describing Ralph Collier's on-going research on White Shark-human interactions and White Shark predatory behavior; includes some amazing White Shark stuff you won't find anywhere else

                  http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/

 

Shark Research Institute - wonderful page detailing SRI's ambitious 'Project Whale Shark'; find out more about these amazing animals, how you can 'adopt' one, and how you can participate in some of SRI's field research

http://www.sharks.org/

 

Shark Research Program - excellent site from the Florida Museum of Natural History, featuring news on shark research and conservation; lots of stuff on the International Shark Attack File, but I much prefer the material on the biology of the Megamouth Shark and - especially - Shark News, a very informative newsletter specializing in shark conservation

                  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/sharks.htm

 

Shark Trust - terrific page from thus U.K.-based shark research, education, and conservation organization; excellent illustrated profiles of many eastern North Atlantic/Mediterranean shark species

                  http://www.sharktrust.org/

 

SHARK-L Archives - searchable archive of discussion on SHARK-L, a listserver dedicated to the interests of shark enthusiasts founded by Fiona Webster and presently refereed by Richard Krumm; lot's of fluffy banter, but also some surprisingly solid, useful material on many aspects of shark biology, behavior, and conservation - including numerous postings by Ian Fergusson, Richard Ellis, and even me

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

 

Sharkman's World - a nice site from Alex "The Sharkman" Buttigieg, who was instrumental in encouraging his island country, Malta, to declare the White Shark, Basking Shark, and Manta Ray protected species in its territorial waters. This site is not heavily scientific, but it exudes honest enthusiasm for learning and urgency for the cause of shark conservation and Alex deserves to be supported in his goals.

http://www.sharkmans-world.com/

 

Sherman's Lagoon - hilarious site from cartoonist and Sherman's Lagoon creator, Jim Toomey. Using a cartoon Great White named Sherman and a host of his quirky lagoon friends, Toomey combines gentle wit with sharp parody to comment on the peculiar nature of "hairless beach apes".

                  http://www.slagoon.com/

 

Underwater Video Services - commercial page by freelance South African underwater cinematographer Charles Maxwell; includes brief notes on and some terrific images of White and Tiger Sharks as well as an interesting photo story about diving with Spotted Ragged-Tooth Sharks

                  http://www.underwatervideo.co.za/

 

Whale Shark Bibliography - very useful searchable, annotated bibliography on the Whale Shark by Fay Wolfson and Guiseppe Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, up to 1980

                  http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/indexes/whalshrk.html

 

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