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Dynamics of whale shark occurrence at their fringe oceanic habitat. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Studies have shown that the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), a vulnerable large filter feeder, seasonally aggregates at highly productive coastal sites and that individuals can perform large, trans-boundary migrations to reach these locations.
Pedro Afonso, Niall McGinty, Miguel Machete   +2 more
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Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Marine traffic is increasing globally yet collisions with endangered megafauna such as whales, sea turtles, and planktivorous sharks go largely undetected or unreported.
Womersley FC, Humphries NE, Queiroz N, Vedor M, da Costa I, Furtado M, Tyminski JP, Abrantes K, Araujo G, Bach SS, Barnett A, Berumen ML, Bessudo Lion S, Braun CD, Clingham E, Cochran JEM, de la Parra R, Diamant S, Dove ADM, Dudgeon CL, Erdmann MV, Espinoza E, Fitzpatrick R, Cano JG, Green JR, Guzman HM, Hardenstine R, Hasan A, Hazin FHV, Hearn AR, Hueter RE, Jaidah MY, Labaja J, Ladino F, Macena BCL, Morris JJ, Norman BM, Peñaherrera-Palma C, Pierce SJ, Quintero LM, Ramírez-Macías D, Reynolds SD, Richardson AJ, Robinson DP, Rohner CA, Rowat DRL, Sheaves M, Shivji MS, Sianipar AB, Skomal GB, Soler G, Syakurachman I, Thorrold SR, Webb DH, Wetherbee BM, White TD, Clavelle T, Kroodsma DA, Thums M, Ferreira LC, Meekan MG, Arrowsmith LM, Lester EK, Meyers MM, Peel LR, Sequeira AMM, Eguíluz VM, Duarte CM, Sims DW.   +68 more
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Improving sightings-derived residency estimation for whale shark aggregations: A novel metric applied to a global data set [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The world’s largest extant fish, the whale shark Rhincodon typus, is one of the most-studied species of sharks globally. The discovery of predictable aggregation sites where these animals gather seasonally or are sighted year-round – most of which are ...
Gonzalo Araujo, Gonzalo Araujo, Gonzalo Araujo, Ariana Agustines, Steffen S. Bach, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Emilio de la Parra-Galván, Rafael de la Parra-Venegas, Stella Diamant, Stella Diamant, Alistair Dove, Steve Fox, Rachel T. Graham, Sofia M. Green, Jonathan R. Green, Royale S. Hardenstine, Alex Hearn, Alex Hearn, Mahardika R. Himawan, Rhys Hobbs, Jason Holmberg, Ibrahim Shameel, Mohammed Y. Jaidah, Mohammed Y. Jaidah, Jessica Labaja, Savi Leblond, Christine G. Legaspi, Rossana Maguiño, Kirsty Magson, Stacia D. Marcoux, Travis M. Marcoux, Sarah Anne Marley, Sarah Anne Marley, Meynard Matalobos, Alejandra Mendoza, Joni A. Miranda, Brad M. Norman, Brad M. Norman, Cameron T. Perry, Simon J. Pierce, Alessandro Ponzo, Clare E. M. Prebble, Dení Ramírez-Macías, Richard Rees, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Samantha D. Reynolds, Samantha D. Reynolds, David P. Robinson, David P. Robinson, Christoph A. Rohner, David Rowat, Sally Snow, Abraham Vázquez-Haikin, Alex M. Watts, Alex M. Watts   +54 more
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Illegal Trade in Protected Sharks: The Case of Artisanal Whale Shark Meat Fisheries in Java, Indonesia [PDF]

Animals, 2023
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, including that of sharks, poses a significant threat to marine ecosystems and individual species. I use data from the media, tourists, and artisan fishermen to gain insight into the trade in the world’s ...
Vincent Nijman
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Pieces in a global puzzle: Population genetics at two whale shark aggregations in the western Indian Ocean [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The whale shark Rhincodon typus is found throughout the world's tropical and warm‐temperate ocean basins. Despite their broad physical distribution, research on the species has been concentrated at a few aggregation sites.
Royale S. Hardenstine, Song He, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Camrin D. Braun, Edgar Fernando Cagua, Simon J. Pierce, Clare E. M. Prebble, Christoph A. Rohner, Pablo Saenz‐Agudelo, Tane H. Sinclair‐Taylor, Gregory B. Skomal, Simon R. Thorrold, Alexandra M. Watts, Casey J. Zakroff, Michael L. Berumen   +14 more
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Nutrient availability drives local seasonal movements of an endangered marine megafauna species [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Understanding drivers of animal movement is key to predicting species distributions and guiding conservation. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are an endangered species known for broad seasonal migrations across oceans influenced by factors like ...
Daire Carroll, Irthisham Hassan Zareer, Clara Cánovas Pérez, Jessica Harvey-Carroll   +3 more
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Flow-driven patterns of whale shark movement in the Red Sea [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Dynamic ocean features (e.g., currents, eddies) can drive large-scale transport of water masses and nutrients, facilitating localized plankton blooms and affecting the migration patterns of higher trophic levels.
Raquel L. Ostrovski, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Yuri Niella, Alkiviadis Kalampokis, Israel J. S. Filho, Ute Langner, Royale S. Hardenstine, Paula Moraga, Michael L. Berumen, Burton H. Jones   +9 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, Robert A. Petit, Sandeep J. Joseph, Md. Tauqeer Alam, M. Ryan Weil, Maida Ahmad, Ravila Bhimani, Jocelyn S. Vuong, Chad P. Haase, D. Harry Webb, Milton Tan, Alistair D. M. Dove   +11 more
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A global image-based data repository of killer whale interactions with elasmobranchs [PDF]

Scientific Data
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are cosmopolitan apex predators that interact with numerous species, including sharks, skates, and rays (subclass Elasmobranchii).
Emma Luck, Isabella M. Reeves, Maeva Terrapon, Rebecca Wellard, Stephanie K. Venables, Alison V. Towner, Alison A. Kock, Charlotte Hussain, Molly Altschwager, Rosie Ballard, Evans Baudin, Nancy Black, Evan Brodsky, Jade Cantrall, Julio Cardoso, Matt I. D. Carter, Oliver Clarke, Santiago Diaz-Pazmino, David Donnelly, Georgina Cabayol Ferraz, Arlaine Francisco, Laura González García, Mark Jackman, Aimee Jan, Eric Martin, Dane McDermott, James Moskito, Blair Ranford, Jesús Erick Higuera Rivas, Jasmin O’Brien, Anton Oleynik, Hernán Orellana-Vásquez, Daniela Alarcón Ruales, Gemma Sharp, Jade Sharp, Alisa Schulman-Janiger, Colleen M. Talty, Paul Tixier, John A. Totterdell, Steve Truluck, Jennah Tucker, Tara Weberg, M. Fernanda Urrutia-Osorio, Machi Yoshida, Jochen R. Zaeschmar, Lauren Meyer   +45 more
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The ecological connectivity of whale shark aggregations in the Indian Ocean: a photo-identification approach [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2016
Genetic and modelling studies suggest that seasonal aggregations of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at coastal sites in the tropics may be linked by migration.
Samantha Andrzejaczek, Jessica Meeuwig, David Rowat, Simon Pierce, Tim Davies, Rebecca Fisher, Mark Meekan   +6 more
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