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| Title |
Movement Patterns of Juvenile Whale Sharks Tagged at an Aggregation Site in the Red Sea
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0103536 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael L. Berumen, Camrin D. Braun, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Gregory B. Skomal, Simon R. Thorrold |
| Abstract |
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. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 33% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 4% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 10 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 83% |
| Scientists | 3 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 140 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 134 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 31 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 14% |
| Other | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 9% |
| Unknown | 26 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 65 | 46% |
| Environmental Science | 25 | 18% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 9 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 29 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 124. 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 06 November 2019.
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#102
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