Surveys of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Rewa Delta, Fiji (2014-2015)

Ciro Rico; Amandine Marie; Celso Cawich

doi:10.15468/r8aa8r

Surveys of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Rewa Delta, Fiji (2014-2015)

Citation

Rico C, Marie A, Cawich C (2023). Surveys of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Rewa Delta, Fiji (2014-2015). The University of the South Pacific. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/r8aa8r accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

Field sampling data of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Rewa Delta (Fiji) is provided here, for the period 2014 to 2015 only.

This dataset is dedicated to the late Celso Cawich who was instrumental in conducting the entire field sampling for this research.

Research funding was provided by The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Strategic Research Theme (SRT) under the project “Evolutionary Ecogenomics and Conservation of Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean: Implications for the Assessment of Non-Detrimental Findings under CITES regulations”, SRT/ 6175-3107-70766-617508, awarded to Ciro Rico, Cara Miller, Susanna Piovano and Celso Cawich. Additional funding was provided through the (then) USP Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment research student grant awarded to Celso Cawich, as well as funding from Projects Abroad and Frontier.

Taxonomic Coverages

The scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini.

Sphyrna lewini
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

The Rewa River delta (estuary), island of Viti Levu, Fiji.

Bibliographic Citations

Marie, A.D., Miller, C., Cawich, C. Piovano, S. Rico, C. Fisheries-independent surveys identify critical habitats for young scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in the Rewa Delta, Fiji. Sci Rep 7, 17273 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17152-0 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17152-0

Contacts

Ciro Rico
originator
position: Researcher
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía
Campus Universitario Río San Pedro
Puerto Real
ES
email: ciro.rico@csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0822-336X

Amandine Marie
originator
position: Post Doctoral Researcher
INRAE
Rennes
FR
email: amsmarie8@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-1742

Celso Cawich
originator
School of Marine Studies, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: ccawich@ub.edu.bz
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=celso-cawich-a6765a1a9

Ciro Rico
metadata author
position: Researcher
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía
Campus Universitario Río San Pedro
Puerto Real
ES
email: ciro.rico@csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0822-336X

Kelly Brown
curator
position: Curator
USP Marine Collection, The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: kelly.brown@usp.ac.fj
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-0795

Ciro Rico
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía
Campus Universitario Río San Pedro
Puerto Real
ES
email: ciro.rico@csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0822-336X

Amandine Marie
administrative point of contact
position: Post Doctoral Researcher
INRAE
Rennes
FR
email: amsmarie8@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-1742

Celso Cawich
administrative point of contact
School of Marine Studies, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: ccawich@ub.edu.bz
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=celso-cawich-a6765a1a9