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Feeding the world's largest fish: highly variable whale shark residency patterns at a provisioning site in the Philippines

Provisioning wildlife for tourism is a controversial yet widespread practice. We analysed the residency patterns of juvenile whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in Oslob, Philippines, where provisioning has facilitated a large shark-watching operation since 2011. We identified 208 individual sharks over...

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Autores principales: Thomson, Jordan A., Araujo, Gonzalo, Labaja, Jessica, McCoy, Emer, Murray, Ryan, Ponzo, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170394