[HTML][HTML] Wildlife tourism has little energetic impact on the world's largest predatory shark

A Gooden, TM Clarke, L Meyer, C Huveneers - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
Wildlife tourism is expanding globally, driving the need to quantify its potential impacts.
Studies on the effects of marine tourism on wildlife have focused on documenting …

Quantifying the behavioural consequences of shark ecotourism

JH Gayford, WD Pearse, R De La Parra Venegas… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Shark populations globally are facing catastrophic declines. Ecotourism has been posited as
a potential solution to many of the issues facing shark conservation, yet increasingly studies …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying priority sites for whale shark ship collision management globally

FC Womersley, CA Rohner, K Abrantes… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The expansion of the world's merchant fleet poses a great threat to the ocean's biodiversity.
Collisions between ships and marine megafauna can have population-level consequences …

Links between the three-dimensional movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and the bio-physical environment off a coral reef

B D'Antonio, LC Ferreira, M Meekan, PG Thomson… - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Measuring coastal-pelagic prey fields at scales relevant to the movements of
marine predators is challenging due to the dynamic and ephemeral nature of these …

Swimming with humans: biotelemetry reveals effects of “gold standard” regulated tourism on whale sharks

SD Reynolds, J Redcliffe, BM Norman… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Wildlife tourism can benefit conservation of target species, however, it can have detrimental
effects on animal behaviour and physiology. Whale shark Rhincodon typus tourism has …

Tracking 4 years in the life of a female whale shark shows consistent migrations in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

D Daye, R de la Parra, J Vaudo, J Harvey… - Marine and …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Context. Satellite telemetry has revolutionized the study of animal movement, particularly for
mobile marine animals, whose movements and habitat make consistent, long-term …

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) observed gulping on the seafloor at Ningaloo reef aggregation site

B D'Antonio, C Barry, A Beck - Marine and Freshwater Behaviour …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In pelagic seascapes, marine predators respond to ephemeral prey resources by modifying
foraging strategies and behaviours (Sims and Quayle 1998; Hazen et al. 2015). Whale …

Ekowisata Berbasis Hiu Paus di Indonesia: Strategi Konservasi Atau Ancaman Baru?

P Gatra, A Furqan - Altasia Jurnal Pariwisata Indonesia, 2024 - journal.uib.ac.id
Hiu Paus, sebagai ikan terbesar di dunia dan memiliki status terancam punah ini sering
bermunculan di perairan Indonesia, yang kerapkali digunakan sebagai objek ekowisata dan …