Seasonal cycles and long-term trends in abundance and species composition of sharks associated with cage diving ecotourism activities in Hawaii

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-111

  Meyer, Carl G ^a   Dale, Jonathan J ^a,b   Papastamatiou, Yannis P ^a   Whitney, Nicholas M ^c   Holland, Kim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage diving; Galapagos shark; Hawaii; Sandbar shark; Shark ecotourism

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ECO-TOURISMS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; LONG-TERM TREND; NORTH COAST; PUBLIC SAFETY; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL MIGRATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TIGER SHARKS;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; CAGE CULTURE; ECOTOURISM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES EVENNESS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARHINUS GALAPAGENSIS; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO;

EID: 77951623644     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892909990038     Document Type: Article

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