Renewed occurrence of schooling scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) and of great hammerhead (S. mokarran) sharks in the Cayman Islands

The scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), a critically endangered species with a decreasing global population, is characterised by its occurrence in large schools. Such schools are still observed today in the Pacific Ocean, but this is generally not the case in the Atlantic Ocean, and in the...

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Main Authors: Mauvis Gore, Johanna Kohler, Rupert Ormond, Austin Gallagher, Teresa Fernandes, Timothy Austin, Christy Pattengill-Semmens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1347285/full