TY - JOUR UR - https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1689v1 DO - 10.7287/peerj.preprints.1689v1 TI - Tracking white sharks in a dynamic system at the southern tip of Africa AU - Jewell,Oliver JD AU - Edwards,David DA - 2016/01/30 PY - 2016 KW - White Shark KW - Carcharodon carcharias KW - South Africa KW - Acoustic Telemetry KW - Manual Tracking AB - Sharks and rays are among the most important of marine megafauna as they are ecologically vital predators. However, most species are threatened and over exploited. Identifying core-habitats and movement patterns within aggregation areas is critical for conservation and management efforts. White sharks are threatened globally and considered at risk of extinction. South Africa hosts the largest known concentration of the species with several documented coastal aggregations. This digital object details the various types of biotelemetry used to collect movement data from sharks as well as deployment methods and data analysis, with specific emphasis on active acoustic transmitters and manual tracking of individual sharks in Gansbaai, Western Cape (as in Jewell et al., 2014). VL - 4 SP - e1689v1 T2 - PeerJ PrePrints JO - PeerJ PrePrints J2 - PeerJ PrePrints SN - 2167-9843 ER -