Rare Sharks Are No Longer in the "Dark," Thanks to New Species Survey Method (4 of 6) (IMAGE)

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Rare Sharks Are No Longer in the "Dark," Thanks to New Species Survey Method (4 of 6)

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Grey reef shark. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 02 May 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by G. Boussarie at IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) in New Caledonia, France, and colleagues was titled, "Environmental DNA illuminates the dark diversity of sharks."

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[Credit: IRD / Laurent Vigliola]

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