Aerial Survey as a Tool to Estimate Abundance and Describe Distribution of a Carcharhinid Species, the Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris

Aerial survey provides an important tool to assess the abundance of both terrestrial and marine vertebrates. To date, limited work has tested the effectiveness of this technique to estimate the abundance of smaller shark species. In Bimini, Bahamas, the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) shows hig...

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Main Authors: S. T. Kessel, S. H. Gruber, K. S. Gledhill, M. E. Bond, R. G. Perkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Marine Biology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/597383