Population Growth Rates of Reef Sharks with and without Fishing on the Great Barrier Reef: Robust Estimation with Multiple Models

Mizue Hisano; Sean R. Connolly; William D. Robbins

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025028

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Population Growth Rates of Reef Sharks with and without Fishing on the Great Barrier Reef: Robust Estimation with Multiple Models

Mizue Hisano ,

* E-mail: Mizue.Hisano@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Sean R. Connolly,

Affiliations School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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William D. Robbins

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Population Growth Rates of Reef Sharks with and without Fishing on the Great Barrier Reef: Robust Estimation with Multiple Models

Mizue Hisano,
Sean R. Connolly,
William D. Robbins

Published: September 23, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025028

About the Authors

Mizue Hisano

* E-mail: Mizue.Hisano@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Sean R. Connolly

Affiliations School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

William D. Robbins

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MH. Wrote the paper: MH SRC. Obtained the data used in analysis: WDR. Conceived and designed the modeling method: MH SRC.

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