Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks
The whale shark Rhincodon typus is an endangered, highly migratory species with a wide, albeit patchy, distribution through tropical oceans. Ten aerial survey flights along the southern Mozambican coast, conducted between 2004–2008, documented a relatively high density of whale sharks along a 200 km...
Main Authors: | Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P. Robinson, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Simon J. Pierce |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2018-01-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/4161.pdf |
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