Cleaned survey data for juvenile blacktip reef sharks in Moorea, French Polynesia (2013-2023)

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posted on 2025-03-16, 22:49 authored by Alexandra G. McInturf, Mauricio Cantor, Ian A. Bouyoucos, Taylor K. Chapple, Shamil Debaere, Kim EustacheKim Eustache, Johann Mourier, Serge Planes, James A. Sulikowski, Ken Zillig, Nann A. Fangue, Jodie L Rummer

Data were collected over ten consecutive parturition seasons (2013-2023) as part of long-term, fisheries-independent surveys carried out as a collaboration with the Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l’Environnement (CRIOBE) and the Physioshark Research Programme around Moorea, French Polynesia (17° 30’ S, 149° 50’ W). During these surveys, neonatal and juvenile blacktip reef sharks were caught using a 50 × 1.5 m gillnet with 5-cm mesh size set perpendicular to shore. Please see accompanying text (McInturf et al., 2025; Ecology & Evolution) for details.

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Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Marine Mammal Research Program Fund, Oregon State University

James Cook University Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

Company of Biologists

British Ecological Society

Passions of Paradise

Oceania Chondrichthyan Society

Europcar Polynésie

L’Oréal UNESCO Women in Science Foundation

Laboratoire d’Excellence ‘CORAIL’

Station d’Écologie Expérimentale of the CRIOBE

French Ministère de l’Environnement

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social behavior marine conservation fisheries animal behaviour

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