Search Results - "Prebble, Clare"
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Acoustic telemetry reveals cryptic residency of whale sharks
Published in Biology letters (2005) (01-04-2015)“…Although whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have been documented to move thousands of kilometres, they are most frequently observed at a few predictable seasonal…”
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Whale sharks target dense prey patches of sergestid shrimp off Tanzania
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-03-2015)“…Large planktivores require high-density prey patches to make feeding energetically viable. This is a major challenge for species living in tropical and…”
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Limited latitudinal ranging of juvenile whale sharks in the Western Indian Ocean suggests the existence of regional management units
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (09-08-2018)“…Assessing the movements and connectivity of whale sharks Rhincodon typus through their range is difficult due to high individual mobility and limited knowledge…”
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Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (20-11-2013)“…Whale sharks Rhincodon typus are large filter-feeders that are frequently observed feeding in surface zooplankton patches at their tropical and subtropical…”
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Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (07-04-2015)“…Whale sharks Rhincodon typus are globally threatened, but a lack of biological and demographic information hampers an accurate assessment of their…”
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Undersea Constellations: The Global Biology of an Endangered Marine Megavertebrate Further Informed through Citizen Science
Published in Bioscience (01-12-2017)“…The whale shark is an ideal flagship species for citizen science projects because of its charismatic nature, its size, and the associated ecotourism ventures…”
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Pieces in a global puzzle: Population genetics at two whale shark aggregations in the western Indian Ocean
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-01-2022)“…The whale shark Rhincodon typus is found throughout the world's tropical and warm‐temperate ocean basins. Despite their broad physical distribution, research…”
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No Place Like Home? High Residency and Predictable Seasonal Movement of Whale Sharks Off Tanzania
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (12-06-2020)“…Highly mobile marine megafauna species, while widely distributed and frequently threatened, often aggregate in distinct localized habitats. Implementation of…”
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Improving sightings-derived residency estimation for whale shark aggregations: A novel metric applied to a global data set
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (28-07-2022)“…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…”
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Positive effects of an invasive shrub on aggregation and abundance of a native small rodent
Published in Behavioral ecology (01-05-2013)“…Invasive plants can have dramatic effects on natural ecosystems. It is unclear, though, whether these will have a positive or negative effect on animal…”
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The need for long-term population monitoring of the world’s largest fish
Published in Endangered species research (17-03-2022)“…Many large marine species are vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures, and substantial declines have been documented across a range of taxa. Many of these…”
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Residency and trophic ecology of juvenile whale sharks (rhincodon typus) in the western indian ocean
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Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (01-01-2013)“…Whale sharks Rhincodon typus are large filter-feeders that are frequently observed feeding in surface zooplankton patches at their tropical and subtropical…”
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