Whale Carcass Management on Beaches

Résumé du livre

Whale carcass management is a complex and controversial issue within coastal communities. There are public concerns that stranded and beach buried carcasses may attract sharks. Here, I determined that both floating and stranded carcasses influence the behaviour of nearby white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). However, provided certain burial conditions are met, beach buried carcasses are unlikely to attract sharks due to effective decomposition of leachate products by sands.