Does bathymetry drive coastal whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregations? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is known to aggregate in a number of coastal locations globally, however what causes these aggregations to form where they do is largely unknown.
Joshua P. Copping +4 more
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Whale shark Rhincodon typus foraging on small schooling fish in the northern Mexican Caribbean [PDF]
Journal of Fish BiologyThe whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregates in the Mexican Caribbean from May to September to feed on mixed zooplankton patches and fish spawn. For the first time in this area, we present evidence of observations of whale sharks feeding on schools of ...
Iván Velázquez-Abunader
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Emergent community architecture despite distinct diversity in the global whale shark (Rhincodon typus) epidermal microbiome [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Microbiomes confer beneficial physiological traits to their host, but microbial diversity is inherently variable, challenging the relationship between microbes and their contribution to host health.
Michael P. Doane +20 more
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Ningaloo Marine Park management program best practice for whale shark (Rhincodon typus) conservation
Frontiers in Conservation ScienceThe predictable nature of whale shark (Rhincondon typus) aggregations around the world forms the basis for nature-based tourism. The Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP), Western Australia is one of those locations and a management program has been in place since ...
Julian A Tyne +2 more
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The Needle in the Haystack: Uncovering the First Whale Shark (<i>Rhincodon typus</i>) Aggregation in the Coral Sea. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAggregations are key events, supporting critical ecological and biological functions in many species. For highly mobile and elusive species, aggregations often provide the only feasible opportunities for research. Whale sharks ( Rhincodon typus ) form at
Miller IB +16 more
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Skin Biopsies from Bahía de Los Ángeles, Mexico. [PDF]
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol, 2023 The whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) is a filter-feeding organism that can be considered a sentinel species, and Bahía de los Ángeles (BLA) in the Gulf of California is an important sighting site for these elasmobranchs.
Villagómez-Vélez SI +5 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are found circumglobally in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate waters, and their known seasonal aggregations and migratory movements are influenced by factors such as ocean currents, thermobiological systems, and ...
Hector M. Guzman +4 more
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Links between the three-dimensional movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and the bio-physical environment off a coral reef. [PDF]
Mov EcolBackground Measuring coastal-pelagic prey fields at scales relevant to the movements of marine predators is challenging due to the dynamic and ephemeral nature of these environments.
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Full-Length Transcriptome of the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Facilitates the Genome Information
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Rhincodon typus is a keystone and indicator species in marine ecosystems. Meanwhile, R. typus has been listed on the IUCN red list of vulnerable species. Here we used ONT platform to determine the full-length (FL) transcriptome of R.
Linlin Zhao, Yongzheng Tang
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Multi-method assessment of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) residency, distribution, and dispersal behavior at an aggregation site in the Red Sea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are typically dispersed throughout their circumtropical range, but the species is also known to aggregate in specific coastal areas.
Jesse E M Cochran +12 more
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