Summer at the beach: spatio-temporal patterns of white shark occurrence along the inshore areas of False Bay, South Africa

Summer at the beach: spatio-temporal patterns of white shark occurrence along the inshore areas of False Bay, South Africa

Abstract Background Understanding white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) habitat use in coastal areas adjacent to large cities, is an important step when formulating potential solutions to the conservation conflict that exists between humans and large predatory sharks. In this study, we present the fi...

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Main Authors: Alison A. Kock, Theoni Photopoulou, Ian Durbach, Katya Mauff, Michael Meÿer, Deon Kotze, Charles L. Griffiths, M. Justin O’Riain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Movement Ecology
Subjects:
White shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Telemetry
Habitat use
Marine protected area
Marine spatial planning
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-018-0125-5

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