Counting Sharks with Cameras: "Chum Cam" Underwater Video Survey Shows That Reef Sharks Thrive in Marine Reserves
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 23:00
in Biology & Nature
A team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) inside and outside marine reserves on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef in the Caribbean Sea.
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