Meet the Expert: Dr. Lisa Whitenack, Associate Professor and Shark Expert
Associate Professor of Biology Lisa Whitenack has contributed to two chapters in the third edition of Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. She is the lead author of the book’s first chapter, which is about shark paleobiology, with co-authors from Yale University and the University of California Merced. She also co-authored the third chapter about shark biomechanics, with co-authors from Arizona State University, Florida Atlantic University, and California State University Fullerton.
Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives was released in June 2022 by Routledge Press and is an award-winning and groundbreaking exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of sharks, skates, rays, and chimera. This edition presents current research and traditional models, to provide future researchers with solid historical foundations in shark research and present current trends from which to develop new frontiers in their own work.” More information about the book can be found here.
Cladodus shark tooth
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Highlighted book for this episode!
The Ultimate Book of Sharks (National Geographic Kids) by Brian Skerry
Book List:
Super Shark Encyclopedia: And Other Creatures of the Deep by DK
Everything Awesome About Sharks and Other Underwater Creatures! by Mike Lowery
Sharks for Kids: A Junior Scientist’s Guide to Great Whites, Hammerheads, and Other Sharks in the Sea by David McGuire
