Tiger Shark Bibliography

Alcorn, Doris J., and Alan K.H. Kam. 1986. Fatal Shark Attack on a Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Mar. Mam. Sci., 2(4): 313-315.

Balzas, George H. 1979. Loggerhead Turtle Recovered From a Tiger Shark at Kure Atoll. ‘Elapaio, 39(12: 145-147.

Balzas, George H., and G. Causey Whittow. 1979. First Record of a Tiger Shark Observed Feeding on a Hawaiian Monk Seal. ‘Elapaio, 39(9): 107-109.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1975. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. III. The Families Carcharhinidae (excluding Mustelus and Carcharhinus) and Sphyrnidae. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 38. Durban. 100 pp.

Borg, Jim. 1993. Tigers of the Sea: Hawaii’s Deadly Sharks. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu. 88 pp.

Branstetter, Steven, and John D. McEachran. 1986. Age and Growth of Four Carcharhinid Sharks Common to the Gulf of Mexico: a Summary Paper. pp 361-371 In T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi, and K. Matsuura (eds.) Indo-Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes. Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo.

Branstetter, Steven, J.A. Musick and J.A. Colvocoresses. 1987. A Comparison of the Age and Growth of the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, from off Virginia and from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Bull., 85(2): 269-279.

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 235-237.

Casey, J., H.W. Pratt, C. Stillwell and N. Kohler (eds.) 1984. Food and Feeding Habits of the Tiger Shark. Shark Tagger, 1984 Summary: 10.

Cockcroft, V.G., G. Cliff and G.J.B. Ross. 1989. Shark Predation on Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus off Natal, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Zool, 24(4): 305-310.

Curtsinger, Bill. 1999. Tigers In For the Kill. Nat. Geogr., 196(5) [November 1999]: 28-35.

Dingerkus, G., B. Séret and G. Guilbert. 1991. Multiple Prismatic Calcium Phosphate Layersin the Jaws of Present-Day Sharks (Chondrichthyes; Selachii). Experientia, 47: 38-40.

Dodrill, Jon W., and R. Grant Gilmore. 1978. Land Birds in the Stomachs of Tiger Sharks Galeocerdo cuvieri (Peron and Lesueur). Auk, 95: 585-586.

Dudley, Sheldon F.J., Michael D. Anderson-Reade, Greg S. Thompson, and Paul B. McMullen. 2000. Concurrent Scavenging off a Whale Carcass by Great White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, and Tiger Sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier. Fish. Bull., 98: 646-649.

Gudger, E.W. 1949. Natural History Notes on Tiger Sharks, Galeocerdo tigrinus, Caught at Key West, Florida, with Emphasis on Food and Feeding Habits. Copeia, 1949(1): 39-47.

Gudger, E.W. 1948. The Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo tigrinus, on the North Carolina Coast and its Food and Feeding Habits There. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 64: 221-233.

Hamdy, Amin Rasheed. 1973. The Phylogenetic Significance of the Existence of a Sixth Branchial Arch in Galeocerdo cuvier. Proc. Egyptian Acad. Sci., 17: 70-73.

Harding, John H. 1978. Tiger Sharks. Sea Front., 24(2) [March-April 1978]: 115-118.

Heatwole, H., E. Heatwole and C.R. Johnson. 1974. Shark Predation on Sea Snakes. Copeia, 1974( ): 780-781.

Heithaus, Michael R. 2001. The Biology of Tiger Sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, in Shark Bay, Western Australia: Sex Ratio, Size Distribution, Diet, and Seasonal Changes in Catch Rates. Envir. Biol. Fishes, 61: 25-36.

Hiruki, Lisa M., William G. Gilmartin, Brenda L. Becker and Ian Sterling. 1993. Wounding in Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi). Can. J. Zool., 71: 458-468.

Holland, K.N., B.M. Wetherbee, C.G. Lowe and C.G. Meyer. 1999. Movements of Tiger Sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Coastal Hawaiian Waters. Mar. Biol., 134: 665-673.

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

Kauffman, Donald E. 1950. Notes on the Biology of the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo arcticus) from Philippine Waters. Res. Rep. US Fish Wildl. Serv., 16: 1-10.

Keinath, J.A., and J.A. Musick. 1993. Movements and Diving Behavior of a Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. Copeia, 1993(4): 1010-1017. [Includes a report of Tiger Shark attack on a radio-tagged Leatherback Turtle, suggesting the attack may have been precipitated by the electrical field generated by the tag.]

Kohler, Nancy E., Lisa J. Natanson, Harold Wes Pratt, Jr., Patricia A. Turner and Ruth Briggs. 1998. Feature Shark — Tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier). Shark Tagger, 1998 Summary: 13-14.

Krogh, Martin. 1994. Spatial, Seasonal and Biological Analysis of Sharks Caught in the New South Wales Protective Beach Meshing Programme. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 45: 1087-1106.

Lowe, Christopher G., Bradley M. Wetherbee, Gerald L. Crow and Albert L. Tester. 1996. Ontogenetic Dietary Shifts and Feeding Behavior of the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in Hawaiian Waters. Envir. Biol. Fishes, 47: 203-211.

Lyle, Jeremy M., and Gregory J. Timms. 1987. Predation on Aquatic Snakes by Sharks from Northern Australia. Copeia, 1987(3): 802-803.

Mann, J., and H. Barnett. 1999. Lethal Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Attack on Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops sp.) Calf: Defense and Reactions by the Mother. Mar. Mam. Sci., 15(2): 568-575.

Morrisey, John F., and Howard Butcher V. 1988. The Natural History of Tiger Sharks. Sea Front., 34(5) [September-October 1988]: 264-271.

Natanson, Lisa J., John G. Casey, Nancy E. Kohler and Tristram Colket IV. 1998. Growth of the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the Western North Atlantic Based on Tag Returns and Length Frequencies; and a Note on the Effects of Tagging. Fish. Bull., 97: 944-953.

Pepperell, Julian G. 1992. Trends in the Distribution, Species Composition and Size of Sharks Caught by Gamefish Anglers off South-Eastern Australia, 1961-90. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 43: 213-225.

Polovina, Jeffrey J., and Boulderson B. Lau. 1993. Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Catches of Tiger Sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the Pelagic Longline Fishery Around the Hawaiian Islands. Mar. Fish. Rev., 55(3): 1-3.

Rancurel, Paul, and André Intes. 1982. Le Requin Tigre, Galeocerdo civieri Lacépède, de eaux Néocalédoniennes Examen des Contenus Stomacaux. Tethys, 10(3): 195-199.

Randall, John E. 1992. Review of the Biology of the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 43: 21-31.

Sarangdhar, P.N. 1943. Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller and Henle, Feeding and Breeding Habits. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 44: 102-110.

Saunders, George B., and Eugenie Clark. 1962. Yellow Billed Cuckoo in Stomach of Tiger Shark. Auk, 79(1): 118.

Schwartz, Frank J. 1994. Body-Organ Weight Relationships of Near-Term and Newborn Tiger Sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, Captured off North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 110(2): 104-107.

Schwartz, Frank J. 2000. Food of Tiger Sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier (Carcharhinidae) from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. J. Elisha Mitchell. Sci. Soc., 116(4): 351-355.

Seigel, Jeffrey A., Douglas J. Long, James M. Rounds and Juan Hernandez. 1995. The Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in Coastal Southern California Waters. Calif. Fish and Game, 81(4): 163-166.

Simpendorfer, Colin. 1992. Biology of Tiger Sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) Caught by the Queensland Shark Meshing Program off Townsville, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 43: 33-43.

Simpendorfer, Colin, Adrian B. Goodreid, and Rory B. McAuley. 2001. Size, Sex and Geographic variation in the Diet of the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, from Western Australian Waters. Envir. Biol. Fishes, 61: 37-46.

Springer, Stewart. 1963. Large Sharks of the Florida-Caribbean Region. pp 95-113 In Perry W. Gilbert (ed.) Sharks and Survival. D.C. Heath and Co., Lexington.

Stevens, J.D. 1984. Biological Observations on Sharks Caught by Sport Fishermen off New South Wales. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 35: 573-590.

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.

Taylor, Leighton R. 1977. How to Avoid Shark Attack (If You Happen to be a Hawaiian Monk Seal). Oceans, 10(6): 21-23.

Taylor, Leighton R., and Gary Naftel. 1978. Preliminary Investigations of Shark Predation on the Hawaiian Monk Seal at Pearl and Hermes Reef and French Frigate Shoals. Rep. US Mar. Mam. Commis., MMC-77/07: 1-34.

Tricas, Timothy C., Leighton R. Taylor and Gary Naftel. 1981. Diel Behavior of the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaiian Islands. Copeia, 1981(4): 904-908.

Wintner, S.F., and S.F.J. Dudley. 2000. Age and Growth Estimates for the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, from the East Coast of South Africa. Mar. Freshw. Res., 51: 43-53.

 

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