Fisheries Science & Marine Biology

Biology and Ecology of Marine Life

Biology and Ecology of Venomous Stingrays
Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD

Biology and Ecology of Venomous Stingrays

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: December 2017
Hardback Price: $169.95 US
Hard ISBN: 9781771885386
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-668-8
E-Book ISBN: 9781315207438
Pages: 386pp w/Index
Binding Type: hardbound / ebook / paperback
Series: Biology and Ecology of Marine Life
Notes: 31 color and 212 b/w illustrations

Now Available in Paperback


Listed as One of the “Best Marine Biology Books of All Time” by BookAuthority


This comprehensive book on the venomous stingrays of the world seas and freshwater systems provides firsthand information on the diversity, biology, and ecology of venomous stingrays of freshwater, brackish, and marine ecosystems.

Each year thousands of injuries to swimmers and surfers are reported, with 750 to 1,500 stingray injuries reported each year in the US alone. As more vacationers spend their leisure time exploring coasts and tropical reefs, often in isolated areas without immediate access to advanced health care, there will be greater potential for stingray injuries. A thorough understanding about the diversity of stingrays of marine and freshwater ecosystems and their injuries and envenomations would largely improve the public health community’s ability to better manage and to prevent stingray injuries. This volume fills that gap.

With over 200 photos and illustrations, this book shows the characteristics of venomous stingray families along with other profile information, such as common name, geographical distribution, diagnostic features, reproduction, predators, parasites, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s conservation status. Importantly, it includes valuable information on stingray injuries, envenomation, and medical management.

This volume will be very informative for students of fisheries science, marine biology, aquatic biology, and environmental sciences, and will become a standard reference for marine professionals, health practitioners, and college and university libraries, and as a helpful onboard guide for seagoers and divers.

Key features:
  • provides firsthand information on the diversity, biology, and ecology of venomous stingrays of freshwater, brackish and marine ecosystems
  • helps to improve the public health community’s ability to better manage and to prevent stingray injuries
  • illustrates the characteristics of venomous stingray families with over 200 photos and illustrations, many in color
  • includes valuable information on stingray injuries, envenomation, and medical management

CONTENTS:
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Biology and Ecology of Marine Stingrays
Ecology of Marine Stingrays
Biology of Marine Stingrays
Chapter 3: Profile of Marine Stingrays
Whiptail Stingrays (Family: Dasytididae)
Butterfly Rays (Family: Gymnuridae)
Eagle Rays/Manta Rays (Family: Myliobatidae)
Cow Nose Rays (Family: Rhinopteridae)
Stingrees or Round Stingrays (Family: Urolophidae)
Sixgill Stingray (Family: Hexatrygonidae)
Deepwater Stingray (Family: Plesiobatidae)
Chapter 4: Biology and Ecology of Freshwater Stingrays
Chapter 5: Profile of Freshwater Stingrays
Riverine Stingrays (Potamotrygonidae)
Whiptail Stingrays (Dasyatidae)
Chapter 6: Stingray Injuries, Envenomation and Medical Management
Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD
Former Dean, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Thoothukudi, India

Dr. Ramasamy Santhanam is the former Dean of the Fisheries College and Research Institute at the Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in Thoothukudi, India. His fields of specialization are Marine Biology and Fisheries Environment. Presently he is serving as a resource person for various universities in India. He has also served as an expert for the Environment Management Capacity Building, a World Bankaided project of the Department of Ocean Development, India. He was a a member of the American Fisheries Society, the World Aquaculture Society, the Global Fisheries Ecosystem Management Network (GFEMN), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Commission on Ecosystem Management, Switzerland. To his credit, Dr. Santhanam has 17 books on Fisheries Science/Marine Biology as well as 70 research papers.




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