Citizen science provides valuable data to evaluate elasmobranch diversity and trends throughout the French Polynesia’s shark sanctuary

• Clémentine Séguigne ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clémentine Séguigne, Johann Mourier

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: clementine.seguigne@ephe.psl.eu

  Affiliations PSL Université Paris: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE BP 1013, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d’Excellence “CORAIL”, Moorea, French Polynesia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7520-9667

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• Johann Mourier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clémentine Séguigne, Johann Mourier

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Observatoire des Requins de Polynésie, Temae, Moorea, French Polynesia, MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9019-1717

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• Éric Clua,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations PSL Université Paris: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE BP 1013, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d’Excellence “CORAIL”, Moorea, French Polynesia, Observatoire des Requins de Polynésie, Temae, Moorea, French Polynesia

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• Nicolas Buray,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Observatoire des Requins de Polynésie, Temae, Moorea, French Polynesia

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• Serge Planes

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations PSL Université Paris: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE BP 1013, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d’Excellence “CORAIL”, Moorea, French Polynesia, Observatoire des Requins de Polynésie, Temae, Moorea, French Polynesia

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