SCUBA diver observations and placard tags to monitor grey reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, at Sha'ab Rumi, the Sudan: Assessment and future directions

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-308

  Hussey, Nigel E ^a,b   Stroh, Noémie ^a   Klaus, Rebecca ^a   Chekchak, Tarik ^a   Kessel, Steven T ^a,c  

^a Cousteau Society/Equipe Cousteau ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

baseline abundance data; Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos; grey reef shark; placard tag; recreational SCUBA diver monitoring; Red Sea; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING EFFORT; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SCUBA DIVING; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAGGING;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SUDAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84873539481     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411001160     Document Type: Article

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