Reef Sharks Exhibit Site-Fidelity and Higher Relative Abundance in Marine Reserves on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef

Carcharhinid sharks can make up a large fraction of the top predators inhabiting tropical marine ecosystems and have declined in many regions due to intense fishing pressure. There is some support for the hypothesis that carcharhinid species that complete their life-cycle within coral reef ecosystem...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one Jg. 7; H. 3; S. e32983
Hauptverfasser:	Bond, Mark E., Babcock, Elizabeth A., Pikitch, Ellen K., Abercrombie, Debra L., Lamb, Norlan F., Chapman, Demian D.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Public Library of Science 08.03.2012 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Schlagworte:	Abundance Acoustic surveying Acoustics Adults Animals Atmospheric sciences Belize Biodiversity Biology Carcharhinus Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Carcharhinus melanopterus Carcharhinus perezi Carcharhinus perezii Commercial fishing Conservation of Natural Resources Coral reef ecosystems Coral Reefs Ecological monitoring Ecosystem Environmental factors Environmental monitoring Exhibitions Fidelity Fish populations Fisheries Fishing Fishing (Recreation) Fishing zones Hypotheses Marine Marine biology Marine conservation Marine ecology Marine ecosystems Marine parks National parks Nature reserves Physiology Population Dynamics Predators Pressure Prey Protected areas Protection and preservation Relative abundance Remote monitoring Reserves Sharks Site fidelity Studies Underwater Underwater acoustics Belize Florida New York United States > US ASW, Belize AW, Atlantic ASW, Caribbean Sea ASW, Belize, Glovers Reef
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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