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The Galapagos and other oceanic islands and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) may be "critical" refuges for sharks in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, as predatory fish appear depleted in more coastal MPAs through fishing pressure

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Relative abundance and diversity of sharks and predatory fishes across Marine Protected Areas of the Tropical Eastern Pacific

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Marine Protected Areas of the Eastern Tropical Pacific are home to some of the largest abundances of sharks and predatory fishes.

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Credit: @PelayoSalinas, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The Galapagos and other oceanic islands and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) may be "critical" refuges for sharks in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, as predatory fish appear depleted in more coastal MPAs through fishing pressure

Article URL: https://plos.io/3JOKoiY

Article title: Relative abundance and diversity of sharks and predatory fishes across Marine Protected Areas of the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Author countries: Ecuador, Colombia, U.S.

Funding: We are grateful to the funding provided: To P.S.d.L. Save Our Seas Foundation, Switzerland - https://saveourseas.com/ The Mark Rohr Foundation, USA – N/A The Darwin and Wolf Conservation Fund, USA - N/A MAC3 Impact Philanthropies, Singapore - N/A ROLEX Perpetual Planet, Switzerland - https://www.rolex.org/environment/perpetual-planet Sven Lindblad.


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