Shark Nursery Grounds of the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast Waters of the United States

In the mid to late 1990’s, the need for a better understanding of shark nursery habitat in U.S. coastal waters prompted the initiation of several detailed studies of shark nursery grounds in almost all of the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico states from New England to Texas. In this book, researchers from universities and state and federal agencies contribute information on long-term shark nursery studies, studies on juveniles within established nursery areas, and some studies in the early stages of development. The book begins with a chapter on nursery areas as essential shark habitats and future directions for shark nursery studies, and concludes with species summary tables of nursery habitat characteristics reported in this volume.