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Nurse shark - Ginglymostoma cirratum

Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks

Resouces from government sites on Ginglymostoma cirratum :

Description Nurse Shark - Ginglymostoma cirratum
A biological profile on the Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Learn it's worldwide
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/sharkkey/nurseshark.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Biological Profile Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ginglymostoma/g._cirratum.html

ADW: Ginglymostoma cirratum: Information
Ginglymostoma cirratum (nurse shark). ... Family: Ginglymostomatidae. Genus:
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Ginglymostoma_cirratum.html

ADW: Ginglymostoma cirratum: Classification
Ginglymostoma cirratum (nurse shark). ... Parent taxa. pictures. Genus Ginglymostoma.
http://www.albion.edu/biology/fac_biol/JCMtgs.htm

Jeffrey Carrier Published Abstracts
...follows(*): Estimating the number of sires and inferring paternal genotypes
http://www.albion.edu/biology/fac_biol/JCPubsSci.htm

Jeffrey Carrier Scientific Publications
Assessing reproductive potential and gestation in nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
http://www.cas.usf.edu/biology/motta.html

Biology Department
Robinson, MP and PJ Motta. 2002. Patterns of growth and the effects of scale on
http://www.uprh.edu/~cgarcia/tiburon/referencias.html

Tiburones de Puerto Rico
1990. Growth rates in the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. ... 1990. Rates of
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/lht_litcited.htm

PSRC - Life History Table - Literature Cited
Age of association between the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, and tapeworms
http://www.miami.edu/sharklab/aboutbimini_sharks.html

Bimini Biological Field Station - shark research & marine biology ...
Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier); Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus); Nurse Shark
http://www.fiu.edu/~biology1/grad/smithsynopsis.htm

Information for Biological Sciences Graduate Program Web Page
Experimental Animal: Nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. SHARK COMPLEMENT.
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/bio/wilga/nurse.html

nurse
Motta, PJ and CD Wilga. (1999). Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the nurse shark,
http://umbc7.umbc.edu/~cole/sharkbib.htm

Selected References on Elasmobranch Vision and Metabolism
HAMASKI, DH and GRUBER, SH 1965. The photoreceptors of the nurse shark,
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/OceanLiving/whataname.cfm

What's in a Name? - National Zoo| FONZ
Nurse sharks. Contrary to what the name might lead you to believe, nurse
http://id-www.ucsb.edu/lovelab/l_long.html

The Fish List
1994). Order Orectolobiformes Family. Rhincodontidae Whale Sharks. Ginglymostoma
http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20040830/wilson.html

The Scripps Research Institute - News and Views
Institute and at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has determined the
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/asih/sessions/sess-46.htm



Academic web resources on Ginglymostoma cirratum :

1 Ginglymostoma cirratum nurse shark 7
...color Etelis oculatus queen snapper gray Etropus crossotus fringed flounder gray
http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/fishimages/fish_img/gin_cirr.htm

Rhincodontidae
Rhincodontidae Ginglymostoma cirratum nurse shark Evermann and Marsh, 1902,
http://www.genome.gov/10001852

genome.gov | BAC Library Proposals and Information
...(Rattus norvegicus SS), BRI. (Rattus norvegicus FHH). 10/10/02, Shark, Nurse
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8355359&dopt=Abstract

Parasitic meningoencephalitis in nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma ...
J Wildl Dis. 1993 Jul;29(3):502-6. Parasitic meningoencephalitis in nurse
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1222902&dopt=Abstract

Adrenocortical ultrastructure in the squaliform elasmobranch ...
Adrenocortical ultrastructure in the squaliform elasmobranch (Ginglymostoma cirratum
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=159977

www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=159977
Similar pages ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Compagno, Leonard JV
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=712

Grays Reef NMS: Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
100 dpi image. Encrusting tunicates are commonly found at Gray's Reef. They vary
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/logs/sept29/media/nurse_shark.html

NOAA Ocean Explorer: Gulf of Mexico 2003
Figure 2 - Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) cruising the boundary between spur
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mex/logs/sept29/sept29.html

NOAA Ocean Explorer: Gulf of Mexico 2003
Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) cruising the boundary between spur and
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/recreational/survey/species_group_list.html

MRFSS - Survey Species Groups
Centroscyllium fabricii, black dogfish. 02. OTHER SHARKS, Ginglymostoma cirratum,
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/intro.html

Cooperative Shark Tagging Program
...of seven species: blue shark, sandbar shark, tiger shark, shortfin mako, lemon shark
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/newsletter/97/nurseshark.html

First Documented Study of Gestation and Birth of Sharks Mating in ...
...by biologists from Albion College and the Apex Predators Program to investigate
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=29333

A shark antibody heavy chain encoded by a nonsomatically ...
We have isolated a subclass of IgM, IgM 1gj , from the nurse shark Ginglymostoma
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=420240

Diversity and repertoire of IgW and IgM VH families in the newborn ...
Newborn nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum, produce 19S (multimeric) IgM and
http://www.graysreef.nos.noaa.gov/verts.html



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