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Habitat geography around Hawaii’s oceanic islands influences tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) spatial behaviour and shark bite risk at ocean recreation sites

We compared tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) spatial behaviour among 4 Hawaiian Islands to evaluate whether local patterns of movement could explain higher numbers of shark bites seen around Maui than other islands. Our sample consisted of 96 electronically-tagged (satellite and acoustic transmitters...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Carl G., Anderson, James M., Coffey, Daniel M., Hutchinson, Melanie R., Royer, Mark A., Holland, Kim N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29563552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23006-0