Validating the use of baited remote underwater video surveys for assessing the diversity, distribution and abundance of sharks in the Bahamas

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-243

  Brooks, Edward J ^a,b   Sloman, Katherine A ^c   Sims, David W ^b,d   Danylchuk, Andy J ^e  

^a CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE   (Bahamas)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Baited remote underwater video surveys; Carcharhinus perezi; Catch per unit effort; Ginglymostoma cirratum; Longline surveys; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREND ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER CAMERA; UNDERWATER VEHICLE;

BAHAMAS; CAPE ELEUTHERA; ELEUTHERA;

CARCHARHINUS PEREZI; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM;

EID: 80054746510     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00331     Document Type: Article

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