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The number of human–shark interactions has increased worldwide during the past decade resulting in injuries and fatalities. In Australia, the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), and bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) are ...
Anthony vanRooyen +6 more
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Field guide to requiem sharks (Elasmobranchiomorphi: Carcharhinidae) of the Western North Atlantic [PDF]
Identification problems are common for many sharks due to a general lack of meristic characteristics that are typically useful for separating species. Other than number of vertebrae and number and shape of teeth, identifications are frequently based on ...
Grace, Mark
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Curious about who would win in a fight between a great white shark and a hippo? Dive into this article as we compare the characteristics and abilities of these fearsome creatures. Both known for their strength and power, the great white shark and the hippo are formidable opponents.
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Abstract The Aliança Formation (Jatobá Basin) represents lacustrine deposits formed in oxygenated waters that hosted a diverse fauna, including Hybodontiform sharks. Within this group, the Family Lonchidiidae comprises 11 valid genera, with Parvodus previously reported in Brazilian deposits from the Brejo Santo Formation (Araripe Basin, Late Jurassic ...
Larissa de Souza Ribeiro +1 more
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The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is responsible for 49% of shark-related injuries in South Africa, yet no information currently exists on the composition or antibiotic resistance of bacteria hosted by these apex predators in South African waters.
Enrico Gennari +9 more
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Sharks, bony fishes and endodental borings from the Miocene Montpelier Formation (White Limestone Group) of Jamaica [PDF]
Bulk samples of Miocene carbonate sediments (deep-water chalks and shallow-water-derived calcarenites) from the Montpelier Formation (White Limestone Group) in Duncans Quarry, Jamaica, have yielded a small, but diverse, fauna of disassociated fish ...
Mitchell, S.F., Underwood, Charlie J.
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ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson +9 more
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Bowlby et al. (2023) assessed spatio-temporal trends in South Africa’s white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) population using a range of different proxies of white shark occurrence.
Enrico Gennari +5 more
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Residency, habitat use and sexual segregation of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias in False Bay, South Africa. [PDF]
White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are threatened apex predators and identification of their critical habitats and how these are used are essential to ensuring improved local and ultimately global white shark protection.
Alison Kock +5 more
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Estimates of numbers of White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in Eastern and Southern South Africa : a post-moratorium assessment [PDF]
A moratorium was placed on fishing for white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in South Africa in 1991 prior to knowing the population status of this species.
Tress, Mary Elizabeth
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