Shortfin Mako Bibliography

Applegate, Shelton P. 1966. A Possible Record-sized Bonito Shark, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, from Southern California. Calif. Fish & Game, 52(3): 204-207.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1975. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. IV. The Families Odontaspididae, Scapanorhynchidae, Isuridae, Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Orectolobidaeand Rhiniodontidae. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 39. Durban. 102 pp.

Bigelow, Henry B., and William C. Schroeder. 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fish. Bull. Fish and Wildl. Serv., 53: 23-25.

Bozhkov, A.T. 1975. An Instance of an Attack by a Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) on a Mako Shark (Isurus glaucus). J. Ichthyol., 15(5): 852-843.

Cadenat, J., and J. Blanche. 1981. Requins de Méditerranée et d’ Atlantique (Plus Particuliérement de la Côte Occidentale d’ Afrique). Faune Tropicale XXI. ORSTROM, Paris. pp 157-160.

Cailliet, Gregor M., Linda K. Martin, James T. harvey, David Kusher, and Bruce A. Welden. 1982. Preliminary Studies on the Age and Growth of Blue, Prionace glauca, Common Thresher, Alopias vulpinus, and Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, Sharks from California Waters. pp 197-188 In E.D. Prince and L.M. Pulos (eds.) Proceedings of the International Workshop on Age Determination of Oceanic Pelagic Fishes: Tunas, Billfishes, and Sharks. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 8.

Caira, Janine N., George W. Benz, Joanna Borucinska, and Nancy E. Kohler. 1997. Pugnose Eels, Simenchelys parasiticus (Synaphobranchidae) from the Heart of a Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus (Lamnidae). Envir. Biol. Fishes, 49: 139-144.

Casey, John G., and Nancy E. Kohler. 1992. Tagging Studies on the Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Western North Atlantic. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 43: 45-60.

Cliff, G., S.F.J. Dudley, and B. Davis. 1990. Sharks Caught in the Protective Gill Nets off Natal, South Africa. 3. The Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque). S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 9: 115-126.

De Maddalena, Alessandro. 2001. Lo Squalo Mako. Revista Maritima, Marzo 2001: 81-90.

Dickson, K.A., M.O. Gregorio, S.J. Gruger, K.L. Loefler, M. Tran, C. Terrell. 1993. Biochemical Indices of Aerobic and Anaerobic Capacity in Muscle Tissues of California Elasmobranch Fishes Differing in Typical Activity Level. Mar. Biol. 117: 185-193.

Emory, Scott H. 1986. Hematological Comparisons of Endothermic vs Ectothermic Elasmobranch Fishes. Copeia 1986(3): 700-705.

Emory, Scott H., Charles Mangano, and Vincent Randazzo. 1985. Ventricle Morphology in Pelagic Elasmobranch Fishes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 82A(3): 635-643.

Emory, Scott H., and Andrew Szczepanski. 1986. Gill Dimensions in Pelagic Elasmobranch Fishes. Biol. Bull. 171: 441-449.

Fuller, Anthony P., and Peter S. Davies. 1991. Coronary Artery Reactivity in the Mako Shark, Isurus oxyrinchus. Can. J. Zool. 69: 375-379.

Graham, Jeffrey B., Heidi Dewar, N.C. Lai, William R. Lowell, and Steve M. Arce. 1990. Aspects of Shark Swimming Performance Using a Large Water Tunnel. J. Exp. Biol. 151: 175-192.

Gubanov, Ye. P. 1974. The Capture of a Giant Specimen of the Mako Shark (Isurus glaucus) in the Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 14: 589-591.

Gubanov, Ye. P. 1978. The Reproduction of Some Species of Pelagic Sharks from the Equatorial Zone of the Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol., 18(5): 781-792.

Heist, Edward J., John A. Musick, and John E. Graves. 1996. Genetic Population Structure of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Inferred from Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53: 583-588.

Heist, Edward J., John A. Musick, and John E. Graves. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Divergence Among Sharpnose Sharks, Rhizoprianodon terranovae, from the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic Bight. Fish. Bull. 94: 664-668.

Holts, David B., and Dennis W. Bedford. 1993. Horizontal and Vertical Mvements of the Shortfin Mako Shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Southern California Bight. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 44: 901-909.

Johnson, Richard H. 1978. Sharks of Polynesia. Les Editions du Pacifique, Papeete. 170 pp.

Lai, N. Chin, Keith E. Korsmeyer, Steven Katz, David B. Holts, Leeanne M. Laughlin, and Jeffrey B. Graham. 1997. Hemodynamics and Blood Properties of the Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus). Copeia 1997(2): 424-428.

Leatherwood, J.S., W.F. Perrin, R.L. Garvie, and J.C. La Grange. 1973. Observations of Sharks Attacking Porpoises (Stenella spp. and Delphinus cf D. delphis). Naval Undersea Center, TN908, San Diego, CA. 7 pp.

Mollet, Henry F., Geremy Cliff, Harold L. Pratt Jr., and John D. Stevens. 2000. Reproductive Biology of the Female Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, with Comments on the Embryonic Developement of Lamnoids. Fish. Bull. 98: 299-318.

Moreno, Juan A., and Julio Morón. 1992. Comparative Study of the Genus Isurus (Rafinesque, 1810) and Description of a Form (‘Marrajo Criollo’) Apparently Endemic to the Azores. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 43: 109-122.

Nakano, Hideki, and Kazuya Nagasawa. 1996. Distribution of Pelagic Elasmobranchs Caught by Salmon Research Gillnets in the North Pacific. Fish. Sci., 62(5): 860-865.

Pratt, Harold L., and John G. Casey. 1983. Age and Growth of the Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, using Four Methods. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 40: 1944-1957.

Randall, J.E., and M.E. Levy. 1976. A Near-fatal Shark Attack by a Mako in the Northern Red Sea. Isr. J. Zool. 25: 61-70.

Reif, W.-E., and A. Dinkelacker. 1982. Hydrodynamics of the Squamation in Fast-Swimming Sharks. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh., 164: 184-187.

Reif, Wolf-Ernst, and david B. Weishampel. 1986. Anatomy and Mechanics of the Lunate Tail in Lamnid Sharks. Zool. Jb. Anat., 114: 221-234.

Stevens, J.D. 1983. Observations on Reproduction in the Shortfin Mako Isurus oxyrinchus. Copeia 1983(1) 126-130.

Stevens, J.D. 1990. Further Results from a Tagging Study of Pelagic Sharks in the North-East Atlantic, 1972-1975. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K., 70: 707-720.

Stillwell, C.E., and N.E. Kohler. 1982. Food, Feeding Habits, and Estimates of Daily Ration of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Northwest Atlantic. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 39: 407-414.

Visser, Ingrid N., Jo Berghan, Rinie van Meurs, and Dagmar Fertl. 2000. Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on a Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in New Zealand Waters. Aquat. Mam., 26(3): 229-231.

 

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