Juvenile shark occurrence inferred from baited remote underwater video surveys Northwest Australia (2003-2013)

This dataset describes the predicted occurrence of juvenile sharks around Northwest Australia, mapped over a 0.01 degree spatial grid. Juvenile sharks were mapped at two taxonomic levels: order by including all juvenile sharks sampled (all juveniles) and species by considering the three most abundant species sampled separately (grey reef (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), sandbar (Carcharhinus plumbeus), and whitetip reef (Triaenodon obesus) sharks). The data cover the period 2003-2013 and are derived from an analysis of count data derived from baited remote underwater videos deployed through various sampling programs. Further detail can be found in the following peer-reviewed publication: Oh, BZL, Sequeira, AMM, Meekan, MG, Ruppert, JLW and Meeuwig, JJ (2017), Predicting occurrence of juvenile shark habitat to improve conservation planning. Conservation Biology, 31: 635–645. doi:10.1111/cobi.12868

Below is a full list of species, with contributions to the total counted (%):
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Silvertip shark / Carcharhinus albimarginatus – 4.14%
Grey reef shark / Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos – 28.06%
Bronze whaler / Carcharhinus brachyurus – 0.18%
Galapagos shark / Carcharhinus galapagensis – 0.09%
Bull shark / Carcharhinus leucas – 0.18%
Common-Australian blacktip shark / Carcharhinus limbatus-C.tilstoni – 1.38%
Blacktip reef shark / Carcharhinus melanopterus – 1.56%
Sandbar shark / Carcharhinus plumbeus – 4.78%
Spot-tail shark / Carcharhinus sorrah – 0.18%
Tiger shark / Galeocerdo cuvier – 2.39%
Sliteye-Sharpnose shark / Loxodon macrorhinus-Rhizoprionodon spp. – 6.35%
Lemon shark / Negaprion acutidens – 1.01%
Whitetip reef shark / Triaenodon obesus – 18.95%
Tawny shark / Nebrius ferrugineus – 0.83%
Grey carpetshark / Chiloscyllium punctatum – 1.38%
Taselled wobbegong / Eucrossorhinus dasypogon – 0.09%
Scalloped hammerhead / Sphyrna lewini – 0.46%
Great hammerhead / Sphyrna mokarran – 3.86%
Zebra shark / Stegostoma fasciatum – 0.83%
Sicklefin houndshark / Hemitriakis falcata – 1.01%
Grey gummy shark / Mustelus ravidus – 0.28%

Archived BRUVS video files used in this study are the intellectual property of multiple institutions and industry partners and are not published in this record. See credits for further information.