A first estimate of white shark, carcharodon carcharias, abundance off central California

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-583

  Chapple, Taylor K ^a,b   Jorgensen, Salvador J ^c,d   Anderson, Scot D ^e   Kanive, Paul E ^f   Klimley, A Peter ^a   Botsford, Louis W ^a   Block, Barbara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^e Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Mark recapture; Photo identification; Population estimate; White shark

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GLOBAL OCEAN; HOME RANGE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PREDATOR; SHARK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; SHARK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; SHARKS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; GUADALUPE ISLAND; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 80051698310     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0124     Document Type: Article

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