Dynamics of whale shark occurrence at their fringe oceanic habitat.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Pedro Afonso, Niall McGinty, Miguel Machete
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Gam; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102060; https://doaj.org/article/3e20bc5a80cf4f66b2fb96ff9a452edc

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. Yet, the whereabouts of the whale shark when absent from t...