Against Common Assumptions, the World’s Shark Bite Rates Are Decreasing
The trends of the world’s top ten countries relating to shark bite rates, defined as the ratio of the annual number of shark bites of a country and its resident human population, were analyzed for the period 2000-2016. A nonparametric permutation-based methodology was used to determine whether the s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2019-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Marine Biology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7184634 |