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DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0103536
论文题名:	Movement Patterns of Juvenile Whale Sharks Tagged at an Aggregation Site in the Red Sea
作者:	Michael L. Berumen; Camrin D. Braun; Jesse E. M. Cochran; Gregory B. Skomal; Simon R. Thorrold
刊名:	PLOS ONE
ISSN:	1932-6203
出版年:	2014
发表日期:	2014-7-30
卷:	9, 期:7
语种:	英语
英文关键词:	Sharks ; Red Sea ; Indian Ocean ; Sea water ; Animal migration ; Conservation science ; Fisheries ; Corals
英文摘要:	Conservation efforts aimed at the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, remain limited by a lack of basic information on most aspects of its ecology, including global population structure, population sizes and movement patterns. Here we report on the movements of 47 Red Sea whale sharks fitted with three types of satellite transmitting tags from 2009–2011. Most of these sharks were tagged at a single aggregation site near Al-Lith, on the central coast of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Individuals encountered at this site were all juveniles based on size estimates ranging from 2.5–7 m total length with a sex ratio of approximately 1∶1. All other known aggregation sites for juvenile whale sharks are dominated by males. Results from tagging efforts showed that most individuals remained in the southern Red Sea and that some sharks returned to the same location in subsequent years. Diving data were recorded by 37 tags, revealing frequent deep dives to at least 500 m and as deep as 1360 m. The unique temperature-depth profiles of the Red Sea confirmed that several whale sharks moved out of the Red Sea while tagged. The wide-ranging horizontal movements of these individuals highlight the need for multinational, cooperative efforts to conserve R. typus populations in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
URL:	http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0103536&type=printable
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资源类型:	期刊论文
标识符:	http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/18072
Appears in Collections:	过去全球变化的重建影响、适应和脆弱性科学计划与规划气候变化与战略全球变化的国际研究计划气候减缓与适应气候变化事实与影响

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Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America;Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America;Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Michael L. Berumen,Camrin D. Braun,Jesse E. M. Cochran,et al. Movement Patterns of Juvenile Whale Sharks Tagged at an Aggregation Site in the Red Sea[J]. PLOS ONE,2014-01-01,9(7)

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