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Table 2 Summary of raw detection data in spring and summer months at each site over the study period 1 May 2005 to 31 December 2007, sorted by frequency of detection (a = Offshore sites)

From: Summer at the beach: spatio-temporal patterns of white shark occurrence along the inshore areas of False Bay, South Africa

Site

Monitoring days

Days with a detection

Detections

Unique sharks detected

Max unique sharks in a day

Max consecutive detection days (any shark)

Max consecutive detection days (same shark)

Mean consecutive detection days (same shark)

SFB

362

288

33,913

26

12

95

22

3.18

MSZ

484

294

21,054

28

6

63

15

1.76

KLB

484

243

12,467

30

5

30

15

1.63

FH

484

158

9981

24

4

12

5

1.57

ST

484

129

7524

22

4

17

8

1.52

MI

484

154

3316

28

4

8

7

1.40

GB

484

38

596

10

2

6

3

1.39

KB

484

24

348

10

2

2

2

1.17

PP

484

18

297

8

2

3

3

1.27

PB

303

5

37

5

1

1

1

1.00

RK

484

4

30

4

1

1

1

1.00

HK

303

2

14

2

1

1

1

1.00

SFAa

484

391

25,890

33

9

106

19

2.44

SIa

484

262

10,778

35

6

21

11

1.91

WRa

484

4

14

1

1

2

2

1.33

  1. Labels: RK Rooikrans, PP Partridge Point, ST Simonstown, FH Fish Hoek, KLB Kalk Bay, MSZ Muizenberg, SFB Strandfontein, MI Macassar, GB Gordons Bay, KB Koeel Bay, PB Pringle Bay and HK Cape Hangklip