Multi-Year Impacts of Ecotourism on Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Visitation at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry. There is some concern that interactions with tourists with ecotourism operations might harm sharks through disruption of behaviours. Here, we analysed five years of whale
R L Sanzogni, M G Meekan, J J Meeuwig
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Biomarkers of whale shark health: a metabolomic approach. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2012 In a search for biomarkers of health in whale sharks and as exploration of metabolomics as a modern tool for understanding animal physiology, the metabolite composition of serum in six whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) from an aquarium collection was explored using (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and direct analysis in real time (DART ...
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Ensemble modeling of the potential distribution of the whale shark in the Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is an endangered marine fish species which can be adversely affected by the fishing activities of the industrial purse seine fleet targeting tropical tuna.
José C. Báez +4 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.
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020 The whale shark is the world’s largest filter feeding shark and holds international protection as an endangered species. It is known to form seasonal aggregations linked to blooms of zooplanktonic organisms.
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Ningaloo Marine Park management program best practice for whale shark (Rhincodon typus) conservation [PDF]
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 +5 more
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceKiller whales (Orcinus orca) are the apex predator in global oceans, and as such they are afforded access to prey species at all trophic levels and sizes.
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The Needle in the Haystack: Uncovering the First Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Aggregation in the Coral Sea [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAggregations 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.
Ingo B. Miller +16 more
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Long-term assessment of whale shark population demography and connectivity using photo-identification in the Western Atlantic Ocean. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The predictable occurrence of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, has been well documented in several areas. However, information relating to their migratory patterns, residency times and connectivity across broad spatial scales is limited.
Jennifer A McKinney +9 more
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) seasonal presence, residence time and habitat use at darwin island, galapagos marine reserve. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The life history of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), including its reproductive ecology, still remains largely unknown. Here, we present results from the first whale shark population study around Darwin Island, Galapagos Marine Reserve.
David Acuña-Marrero +7 more
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