First detection of critically endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in Guam, Micronesia, in five decades using environmental DNA

First detection of critically endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in Guam, Micronesia, in five decades using environmental DNA

Among the hammerhead sharks, scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) have undergone the steepest population declines worldwide. Due to their high susceptibility to exploitation, the species is now classified as ‘critically endangered’, the most threatened category listed by the International Union fo...

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Main Authors: Budd, A.M (Author), Cooper, M.K (Author), Deinhart, M.E (Author), Huerlimann, R. (Author), Mills, M.S (Author), Port, A.L (Author), Schils, T. (Author), Strugnell, J.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
Subjects:
abundance
Biomonitoring
Chondrichthye
Chondrichthyes
Classifieds
Conservation
conservation management
Critically endangered
detection method
DNA
eDNA
Elasmobranch
endangered species
Environmental DNA
Geographical distribution
Guam
habitat use
Mariana Islands
Molluscs
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean (West)
population decline
Population decline
shark
Shellfish
Sphyrna
Sphyrna lewini
Sphyrnidae
strategic approach
Survey
Survey methods
Surveys
Varanidae
Western Pacific
Work-flows
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