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, Guzman Hector M
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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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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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Regional movements of satellite‐tagged whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Gulf of Aden [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 To gain insight into whale shark (Rhincodon typus) movement patterns in the Western Indian Ocean, we deployed eight pop‐up satellite tags at an aggregation site in the Arta Bay region of the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti in the winter months of 2012, 2016 ...
Samantha Andrzejaczek +4 more
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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.
Fangrui Lou +2 more
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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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Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, aggregate around offshore platforms in Qatari waters of the Arabian Gulf to feed on fish spawn. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are known to aggregate to feed in a small number of locations in tropical and subtropical waters. Here we document a newly discovered major aggregation site for whale sharks within the Al Shaheen oil field, 90 km off the ...
David P Robinson +10 more
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Population structure and residency patterns of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, at a provisioning site in Cebu, Philippines [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 This study represents the first description of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, occurring at a provisioning site in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines. Frequent observations of sharks are often difficult, even at tourism sites, giving rise to provisioning activities
Gonzalo Araujo +5 more
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Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world’s largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus Smith 1828 [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2017 Background The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) has by far the largest body size of any elasmobranch (shark or ray) species. Therefore, it is also the largest extant species of the paraphyletic assemblage commonly referred to as fishes. As both a phenotypic
Timothy D. Read +11 more
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Evolutionary Stability of the Shark Snout: Geometric Morphometrics of Ventral Facial Openings. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciLandmark‐based geometric morphometrics of 453 shark species reveal that ventral head morphology is conserved across Selachii. Morphospace and ancestral reconstructions support strong phylogenetic control and limited divergence from ancestral conditions.
Aicardi S +8 more
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