| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shark attacks -- Prevention -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
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Shark attacks -- Prevention
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zahuranec, Bernard J.
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| ISBN |
9781000239515 |
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1000239519 |
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9780429305955 |
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0429305958 |
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9781000311396 |
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1000311392 |
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9781000275452 |
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1000275450 |
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