Identifying Nearshore and Estuarine Coastal Shark Habitats in North Carolina Waters
Item Data
- Title
- Identifying Nearshore and Estuarine Coastal Shark Habitats in North Carolina Waters
- Located At
- Coastal Studies Institute
- Description
- As apex predators, sharks can have a profound influence on the local food web, and are both indicators and promoters of ecosystem health. The goal of Mr. Bangley’s research is to identify the environmental and behavioral factors that influence habitat selection and use by coastal sharks in North Carolina waters, which will help define their role in the ecosystem that gives the state such productive fisheries. Using a combination of telemetry, fishery-independent surveys, local ecological knowledge, and geospatial analysis, Mr. Bangley hopes to be able to delineate essential habitat for these important predators and predict how habitat choice by sharks may be influenced by environmental changes.
- Classification
- Life Sciences, Ecosystems
- URL
- https://youtu.be/cQr7NCq0pEc
- Keywords
- Video, Outer Banks