Mean abundance of reef-associated sharks at individual atolls; error bars show confidence interval of means.

<p>'Other’ species are tawny nurse, blacktip reef, tiger, scalloped hammerhead and great hammerhead.</p

Mean depth (± 95% CI) of shark species observed on BRUVS samples in the BMR; species are ranked in order of increasing depth.

<p>Mean depth (± 95% CI) of shark species observed on BRUVS samples in the BMR; species are ranked in order of increasing depth.</p

Maps of BIOT showing areas sampled with stereo-BRUVS.

<p>Panels a) to d) show locations of individual samples on reefs (black triangles) and lagoons (grey circles).</p

Linear regression model parameters for shark a) species richness b) abundance and c) biomass based on n = 33 sites.

<p>β = standardised model parameters.</p

Effort, depth and habitat composition for stereo-BRUVS sampling locations.

<p>Effort, depth and habitat composition for stereo-BRUVS sampling locations.</p

Mean abundance (Max<i>N</i> hr^-1), and per cent of samples where present, for reef-associated sharks by species across the BMR.

<p>Error bars show 95% confidence interval.</p