Responding to the Risk of White Shark Attack: Updated Statistics, Prevention, Control Methods, and Recommendations

Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 477-510

  Curtis, Tobey H ^a   Bruce, Barry D ^b   Cliff, Geremy ^c,d   Dudley, Sheldon F J ^c,d   Klimley, A Peter ^e   Kock, Alison ^f,g,h   Lea, Robert N ⁱ   Lowe, Christopher G ^j   McCosker, John E ⁱ   Skomal, Gregory B ^k   Werry, Jonathan M ^l,m   West, John G ⁿ  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g Soetwater Education Centre   (South Africa)

^h Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Education Centre   (South Africa)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Shark Research Project   (United States)

^l GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m Ocean and Coast Research   (Australia)

ⁿ Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11532-36     Document Type: Chapter

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