Data sets
Diver shark sightings in Chagos 1975-1996
- Subject
- biological_organisms
- Contact
- Charles Sheppard
- Contact email
- Charles.Sheppard@warwick.ac.uk
- Start year
- 1975
- End year
- 1996
- Data format
- xlsx
- Description
- Summary of shark sightings by the four authors during dives on from 3 separate expeditions to Chagos between 1975 and 1996. The data indicate a decrease in shark abundance over time.**Table 1.** Summary of shark sightings by divers in the Chagos**Table 2.** Summary of Chagos shark sightings (numbers) by divers in 1996**Table 3.** Summary of Chagos shark sightings rates (shark/hour) by divers in 1996
- Keywords
- shark
- Notes
- Download
- Download here
- Authors
- Crosby R , Sheppard Charles , Spalding Mark , Anderson Charles .