Higher Abundance of Marine Predators and Changes in Fishers' Behavior Following Spatial Protection within the World's Biggest Shark Fishery
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Citation: Jaiteh VF, Lindfield SJ, Mangubhai S, Warren C, Fitzpatrick B and Loneragan NR (2016) Higher Abundance of Marine Predators and Changes in Fishers’ Behavior Following Spatial Protection within the World’s Biggest Shark Fishery. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:43. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00043 Higher Abundance of Marine Predators and Changes in Fishers’ Behavior Following Spatial Protection within the World’s Biggest Shark Fishery
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