Acoustic telemetry validates a citizen science approach for monitoring sharks on coral reefs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Vianna, Gabriel M S ^a,b   Meekan, Mark G ^b   Bornovski, Tova H ^c   Meeuwig, Jessica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Micronesian Shark Foundation   (Palau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CORAL REEF; DATA PROCESSING; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RELIABILITY; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PALAU; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; PALAU; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHARKS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84899749459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095565     Document Type: Article

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