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

• Kay Weltz ,

  * E-mail: k.weltz@iafrica.com

  Affiliation Marine Research Institute and Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Alison A. Kock,

  Affiliations Marine Research Institute and Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa, Shark Spotters, Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Henning Winker,

  Affiliation Marine Research Institute and Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Colin Attwood,

  Affiliation Marine Research Institute and Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Monwabisi Sikweyiya

  Affiliation Shark Spotters, Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa

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