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Engelbrecht, T.M. & Kock, A.A. & O'Riain, M.J. (2019)
Running scared: when predators become prey. Ecosphere, 10(1), Article e02531
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Semmens, J.M. & Kock, A.A. & Watanabe, Y.Y. & Shepard, C.M. & Berkenpas, E. & Stehfest, K.M. & Barnett, A. & Payne, N.L. (2019)
Preparing to launch: biologging reveals the dynamics of white shark breaching behaviour. Marine Biology, 166(7), Article 95
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Gennari, E. & Kock, A.A. & Smale, M.J. & Towner, A. & Khan, N. & Bester, L.A. & Johnson, R. & Fischer, C. & Meyer, M. & Morse, P. (2019)
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Hewitt, A.M. & Kock, A.A. & Booth, A.J. & Griffiths, C.L. (2018)
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Kock, A.A. & Photopoulou, T. & Durbach, I. & Mauff, K. & Meyer, M. & Kotze, D. & Griffiths, C.L. & O'Riain, M.J. (2018)
Summer at the beach: spatio-temporal patterns of white shark occurrence along the inshore areas of False Bay, South Africa. Movement Ecology, 6, Article 7
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Dicken, M.L. & Kock, A.A. & Hardenberg, M. (2015)
First observations of dusky sharks (Carcharhinus obscurus) attacking a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66(12), 1211–1215
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Engelbrecht, T. & O'Riain, M.J. & Kock, A.A. (2014)
The impact of white shark Carcharodon carcharias sightings and attacks on recreational water use patterns in False Bay. Poster Abstract. In Programm and Poster Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 20

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Kock, A.A. & O'Riain, M.J. & Mauff, K. & Meÿer, M. & Kotze, D. & Griffiths, C. (2013)
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Huveneers, C. & Rogers, P.J. & Semmens, J.M. & Beckmann, C. & Kock, A.A. & Page, B. & Goldsworthy, S.D. (2013)
Effects of an Electric Field on White Sharks: In Situ Testing of an Electric Deterrent. PLoS ONE, 8(5), Article e62730
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