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ArticleEcology and evolution2018

Discovery of a multispecies shark aggregation and parturition area in the Ba Estuary, Fiji Islands.

Tom Vierus, Stefan Gehrig, Juerg M Brunnschweiler, Kerstin Glaus, Martin Zimmer, Amandine D Marie, Ciro Rico

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Tom VierusSchool of Marine Studies Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment The University of the South Pacific Laucala Suva Fiji.
Stefan GehrigLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) Bremen Germany.
Juerg M BrunnschweilerIndependent Researcher Zurich Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9901-3279
Kerstin GlausSchool of Marine Studies Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment The University of the South Pacific Laucala Suva Fiji.
Martin ZimmerLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) Bremen Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1549-8871
Amandine D MarieSchool of Marine Studies Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment The University of the South Pacific Laucala Suva Fiji.
Ciro RicoSchool of Marine Studies Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment The University of the South Pacific Laucala Suva Fiji.ORCID 0000-0002-0822-336X
University of the South Pacific · FJConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESHochschule Bremen · DEInstitute for Independent Studies Zürich · CHLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research · DEUniversity of Exeter · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Population declines in shark species have been reported on local and global scales, with overfishing, habitat destruction and climate change posing severe threats. The lack of species-specific baseline data on ecology and distribution of many sharks, however, makes conservation measures challenging. Here, we present a fisheries-independent shark survey from the Fiji Islands, where scientific knowledge on locally occurring elasmobranchs is largely still lacking despite the location's role as a shark hotspot in the Pacific. Juvenile shark abundance in the fishing grounds of the Ba Estuary (north-western Viti Levu) was assessed with a gillnet- and longline-based survey from December 2015 to April 2016. A total of 103 juvenile sharks identified as blacktip

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blacktip sharkselasmobranchshammerhead sharksneonatesshark bycatchyoung‐of‐the‐year sharks

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