Effects of wildlife tourism on white shark associative behaviour

While wildlife tourism may impact the animals it targets, it plays a critical role in public education and conservation awareness. Understanding changes in animal behaviour in response to tourism activities can inform the trade-offs between negative impacts and socioeconomic benefits. There are public claims that cage-diving activities may condition white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, to interact with boats, thus potentially increasing the risk of shark bites. We tracked the fine-scale movements of 73 white sharks in relation to cage-diving boats using acoustic telemetry between 2018 and 2022 at Neptune Islands, Australia, to investigate associative behaviour and factors potentially influencing residency and time spent in proximity to the cage-diving boats. White sharks spent gradually less time near cage-diving boats throughout their residency at the tourism site. This behaviour was consistent across individuals, years, sexes and sizes. Sharks, however, resumed their natural behaviou..., , , # Effects of wildlife tourism on white shark associative behaviour

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4qrfj6qgk](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4qrfj6qgk)

# Datasets

## Operators.csv

This dataset contains the anchoring locations of the cage-diving operators in the Neptune Islands Marine Park during the study. It also includes their respective times of arrival and departure from the Neptune Islands.

## Shark.csv

This dataset contains the white shark fine-scale locations in the Neptune Islands during the study. It contains the tag information, date and time of location, and also the respective IDs (SharkID) used in the study.

尽管野生动物旅游可能对其目标动物产生影响，但它在公众教育和保护意识方面发挥着关键作用。了解动物行为随旅游活动的变化，有助于权衡负面影响与社会经济效益之间的关系。有公众声称，笼潜活动可能使大白鲨（Carcharodon carcharias）形成与船只互动的条件反射，从而潜在增加鲨鱼咬伤的风险。2018年至2022年间，我们在澳大利亚海王星群岛利用声学遥测技术（acoustic telemetry），追踪了73条大白鲨相对于笼潜船只的精细尺度运动，以研究其关联行为（associative behaviour）及可能影响其在笼潜船只邻近区域居留时间和停留时长的因素。大白鲨在旅游地点的居留期间，在笼潜船只附近的停留时间逐渐减少。这种行为在不同个体、年份、性别和体型间具有一致性。然而，鲨鱼会恢复其自然行为……, , , # 野生动物旅游对大白鲨关联行为的影响

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4qrfj6qgk](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4qrfj6qgk)

# 数据集

## Operators.csv

该数据集包含研究期间笼潜运营商在海王星群岛海洋公园的锚泊位置，还包括它们各自抵达和离开海王星群岛的时间。

## Shark.csv

该数据集包含研究期间大白鲨在海王星群岛的精细尺度位置，涵盖标签信息、位置记录的日期和时间，以及研究中使用的各鲨鱼ID（SharkID）。