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Tiger sharks support the characterization of the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem

Authors :
Austin J. Gallagher
Jacob W. Brownscombe
Nourah A. Alsudairy
Andrew B. Casagrande
Chuancheng Fu
Lucy Harding
S. David Harris
Neil Hammerschlag
Wells Howe
Antonio Delgado Huertas
Sami Kattan
Andrew S. Kough
Andre Musgrove
Nicholas L. Payne
Adrian Phillips
Brendan D. Shea
Oliver N. Shipley
U. Rashid Sumaila
Mohammad S. Hossain
Carlos M. Duarte
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

This study characterizes the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem in The Bahamas by integrating spatial estimates with remote sensing and performing extensive ground-truthing of benthic habitat with 2,542 diver surveys, as well as data obtained from instrument-equipped tiger sharks, which have strong fidelity to seagrass ecosystems.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.786f4d590d97410d871146a88ed7b78a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33926-1