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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...
Autores principales: | Thomson, Jordan A., Araujo, Gonzalo, Labaja, Jessica, McCoy, Emer, Murray, Ryan, Ponzo, Alessandro |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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