Density of reef sharks estimated by applying an agent-based model to video surveys

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 508, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-209

  Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a   Boschetti, Fabio ^a   Roubertie, Clovis ^a   Pillans, Richard D ^a   Haywood, Michael D E ^a   Babcock, Russell C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Carcharhinus melanopterus; L vy flight; Ningaloo; Random walk; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RARITY; REEF; SHARK; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84906095995     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10813     Document Type: Article

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