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Trends in global shark attacks.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Shark attacks are a global phenomenon that attracts widespread attention and publicity, often with negative outcomes for shark populations. Despite the widespread perceptions of shark attacks, trends in human water activities and shark populations are ...
Stephen R Midway +2 more
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Shark attack: the emergency presentation and management. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2015 A previously healthy 32-year-old man, a body-boarder, was transported to hospital by primary retrieval helicopter, within 2 h of a shark attack injuring both legs. Tourniquets were applied bilaterally to decrease haemorrhage. En route to hospital he was intubated with an endotracheal tube due to severe agitation from acute blood loss (figures 1 and 2).
Gouk C, Pasricha D, Lingathas S.
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Shark Side of the Moon: Are Shark Attacks Related to Lunar Phase?
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Animals across taxa have shown behaviors linked to moon phase (or the proxy of lunar illumination), and marine organisms are well-documented to calibrate certain activities with the moon.
Lindsay A. French +4 more
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Shark incidents in California 1950-2021; frequency and trends
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Many reports have categorized the frequency, circumstances, and causes for interactions between sharks and humans, often using the behaviorally inaccurate term “attack.” The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) instead uses the term ...
John Ugoretz +2 more
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Shark attacks in Dakar and the Cap Vert Peninsula, Senegal: low incidence despite high occurrence of potentially dangerous species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BACKGROUND: The International Shark Attack File mentions only four unprovoked shark attacks on the coast of West Africa during the period 1828-2004, an area where high concentrations of sharks and 17 species potentially dangerous to man have been ...
Sébastien Trape
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Biology, 2022 The management of human-shark interactions can benefit from the implementation of effective shark hazard mitigation measures. A Shark-Management-Alert-in-Real-Time (SMART) drumline trial in the Capes region of Western Australia was instigated after ...
Stephen M. Taylor +8 more
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The influence of environmental variables on the presence of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias at two popular Cape Town bathing beaches: a generalized additive mixed model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Shark attacks on humans are high profile events which can significantly influence policies related to the coastal zone. A shark warning system in South Africa, Shark Spotters, recorded 378 white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) sightings at two popular ...
Kay Weltz +4 more
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Down Under: Shark attack [PDF]
GZ - Psychologie, 2020 Op het moment gelden ook in Australië forse restricties om de COVID-19 besmettingen onder controle te houden, al is het hier zo dunbevolkt dat het even zoeken is naar iemand die je op een afstand van 1,5 meter kunt houden. Hier kennen we andere gevaren.
Struik A.
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Shark Attacks and Shark Diving [PDF]
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 2015 Ctr Ecol Evolut &Environm Changes, Azorean Biodivers Grp, Angra Do Heroismo, Azores ...
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Effectiveness of five personal shark-bite deterrents for surfers [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The number of shark-human interactions and shark bites per capita has been increasing since the 1980s, leading to a rise in measures developed to mitigate the risk of shark bites.
Charlie Huveneers +5 more
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