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| Title |
How large is the world's largest fish? Measuring whale sharks Rhincodon typus with laser photogrammetry
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Fish Biology, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02861.x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
C. A. Rohner, A. J. Richardson, A. D. Marshall, S. J. Weeks, S. J. Pierce |
| Abstract |
Laser photogrammetry was found to be a promising new cost-effective technique for measuring free-swimming whale sharks Rhincodon typus. Photogrammetric measurements were more precise than visual size estimates by experienced researchers, with results from the two methods differing by 9· 8 ± 1· 1% (mean ±s.e.). A new metric of total length and the length between the fifth gill and first dorsal fin (r² = 0· 93) is proposed to facilitate easy, accurate length measurements of whale sharks in the field. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 210 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Ecuador | 2 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Mozambique | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Iceland | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 196 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 48 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 42 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 12% |
| Other | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 11% |
| Unknown | 29 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 121 | 58% |
| Environmental Science | 29 | 14% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 10 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 11 | 5% |
| Unknown | 30 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2022.
All research outputs
#8,262,445
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Fish Biology
#1,609
of 5,121 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#57,207
of 192,484 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Fish Biology
#10
of 20 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,647 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 66th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,121 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 67% of its peers.
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