Improving sightings-derived residency estimation for whale shark aggregations: A novel metric applied to a global data set

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 coastal and juvenile-dominated – has allowed for...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo Araujo, Ariana Agustines, Steffen S. Bach, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Emilio de la Parra-Galván, Rafael de la Parra-Venegas, Stella Diamant, Alistair Dove, Steve Fox, Rachel T. Graham, Sofia M. Green, Jonathan R. Green, Royale S. Hardenstine, Alex Hearn, Mahardika R. Himawan, Rhys Hobbs, Jason Holmberg, Ibrahim Shameel, Mohammed Y. Jaidah, Jessica Labaja, Savi Leblond, Christine G. Legaspi, Rossana Maguiño, Kirsty Magson, Stacia D. Marcoux, Travis M. Marcoux, Sarah Anne Marley, Meynard Matalobos, Alejandra Mendoza, Joni A. Miranda, 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, David P. Robinson, Christoph A. Rohner, David Rowat, Sally Snow, Abraham Vázquez-Haikin, Alex M. Watts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.775691/full