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 findings of a 2.5-year study of white shark occurrence and movement patterns adjacent to the City of Cape Town in False Bay, South Africa, with a focus on spring and summer months. Fifty-one white sharks were monitored annually at three offshore and twelve inshore sites by VR2 acoustic receivers, over 975 days from 1 May 2005 to 31 December 2007.

Results

Occurrence patterns at inshore sites during spring and summer were analysed using a generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) with a s

SUBMITTER: Kock AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5963061 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature