Counting reef sharks with cameras: ‘Chum cam’ underwater video survey shows that reef sharks thrive in marine reserves
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 8 March, 2012
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Scientists have used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) inside and outside marine reserves on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef in the Caribbean Sea. Using survey data collected from 200 baited remote underwater video cameras, nicknamed "chum cams," the scientists compared the relative abundance of these reef sharks in two marine reserves with those in two areas where fishing is allowed, and demonstrated that the sharks were more abundant in the reserves....