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. 2018 Jul 4;8:10303. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28406-w

Author Correction: Environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting the increasing occurrence of shark-human interactions around a fast-developing Indian Ocean island

Erwann Lagabrielle 1,2,, Agathe Allibert 3,4, Jeremy J Kiszka 5, Nicolas Loiseau 6, James P Kilfoil 5, Anne Lemahieu 1,7
PMCID: PMC6031656  PMID: 29973635

Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-018-21553-0, published online 27 February 2018

The original version of this Article contained errors.

In the Abstract,

“Since 1988, 86% of shark bite events on ocean-users involved surfers off the leeward coast, where 96% of surfing activities took place.”

now reads:

“Since 1988, 86% of shark bite events on surfers involved ocean-users off the leeward coast, where 96% of surfing activities took place.”

In the Results,

“Of the 43 shark bite events, 67% involved surfers (n = 29), with the remaining 43% involving swimmers (n = 5), spear fishers (n = 5), windsurfers (n = 2), a gillnet fisher (n = 1), and a kayaker (n = 1; Fig. 2a).”

now reads:

“Of the 43 shark bite events, 67% involved surfers (n = 29), with the remaining 33% involving swimmers (n = 5), spear fishers (n = 5), windsurfers (n = 2), a gillnet fisher (n = 1), and a kayaker (n = 1; Fig. 2a).”

“However, this proportion reaches 69% for surfers (Fig. 2b).”

now reads:

“However, this proportion reaches 64% for non-surfers (Fig. 2b).”

Finally, in the Discussion,

“The CFR of 46% for all users and 35% for surfers is very high compared to other countries, such as Australia”

now reads:

“The CFR of 42% for all users and 31% for surfers is very high compared to other countries, such as Australia”

These errors have now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


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