Nursery Areas as Essential Shark Habitats: A Theoretical Perspective

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Social preferences of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (2009, background): “Finally, many juvenile shark species are highly sympatric, sharing habitat and prey preferences in nursery areas (Heithaus 2008).”
Communal or competitive? Stable isotope analysis provides evidence of resource partitioning within a communal shark nursery (2011, background): “Understanding how different species utilize the dietary resources within important habitats such as nursery areas is a key component in identifying how best to manage and protect these areas (Heithaus 2005).”