Silky Shark Bibliography

Bane, Gilbert W., Jr. 1966. Observations on the Silky Shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, in the Gulf of Guinea. Copeia, 1962(2): 354-356.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1973. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. I. The Genus Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae). Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 33. Durban. 168 pp.

Branstetter, Steven. 1987. Age, Growth and Reproductive Biology of the Silky Shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, and the Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Envir. Biol.Fishes, 19(3): 161-173.

Branstetter, Steven. 1990. Early Life-History Implications of Selected Carcharhinoid and Lamnoid Sharks of the Northwest Atlantic. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 90: 17-28.

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 261-265.

Edwards, A.J., and H.R. Lubbock. 1982. The Shark Population of Saint Paul’s Rocks. Copeia, 1982(1): 223-225.

Galvan-Magana, Filipe, Henk J. Nienhuis, and A. Peter Klimley. 1989. Seasonal Abundance and Feeding Habits of Sharks in the Lower Gulf of California. Calif. Fish & Game, 75(2): 74-84.

Gilbert, Perry W., and Donald A. Schlernitzauer. 1966. The Placenta and Gravid Uterus of Carcharhinus falciformis. Copeia, 1966(3): 451-457.

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

Myrberg, Arthur A., Jr., Samuel J. Ha, Stanley Walewsi, and John C. Banbury. 1972. Effectiveness of Acoustic Signals in Attracting Epipelagic Sharks to an Underwater Sound Source. Bull. Mar. Sci., 22(4): 929-949.

Myrberg, Arthur A., Jr., Charles R. Gordon, and A. Peter Klimley. 1976. Attraction of Free Ranging Sharks by Low Frequency Sound, with Comments on its Biological Significance. Pp. 205-228 In A. Schuijf and A.D. Hawkins (eds.) Sound Reception in Fishes. Elsevier, New York.

Stevens, J.D., and K.J. McLoughlin. 1991. Distribution, Size and Sex Composition, Reproductive Biology and Diet of Sharks from Northern Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 42: 151-199.

Strasburg, Donald W. 1958. Distribution, Abundance, and Habits of Pelagic Sharks in the Central Pacific Ocean. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Fish. Bull., 58: 335-361.

 

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