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….
HIMB Sharklab (hammerheads, tiger sharks, sand bars, reef fish)
http://www.hawaii.edu/HIMB/sharklab
HIMB Tricas Fishlab
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
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/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/
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
http://stripe.colorado.edu/~am/Andy's%20Shark%20paper.pdf
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
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
Doug Long's
Great White Sharks Page - photo-rich site describing Long's research on White Shark predatory behavior off
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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