The drone revolution of shark science: A review

PA Butcher, AP Colefax, RA Gorkin III, SM Kajiura… - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the past decade, drones have become a popular tool for wildlife management and
research. Drones have shown significant value for animals that were often difficult or …

[HTML][HTML] Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

CR McClain, MA Balk, MC Benfield, TA Branch… - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple
question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the …

Undersea constellations: the global biology of an endangered marine megavertebrate further informed through citizen science

BM Norman, JA Holmberg, Z Arzoumanian… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The whale shark is an ideal flagship species for citizen science projects because of its
charismatic nature, its size, and the associated ecotourism ventures focusing on the species …

Population structure, residency patterns and movements of whale sharks in Southern Leyte, Philippines: results from dedicated photo‐ID and citizen science

G Araujo, S Snow, CL So, J Labaja… - Aquatic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a charismatic umbrella species whose highly mobile
nature is not yet fully understood. Whale sharks roam the Philippine archipelago with two …

Horizontal movements, migration patterns, and population structure of whale sharks in the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Caribbean Sea

RE Hueter, JP Tyminski, R de la Parra - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, aggregate by the hundreds in a summer feeding area off
the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, where the Gulf of Mexico meets the Caribbean …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic occurrence and phthalate ester levels in neuston samples and skin biopsies of filter-feeding megafauna from La Paz Bay (Mexico)

M Galli, TO Garcia, M Baini, J Urbán… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impacts of microplastics on filter feeders megafauna have recently received increased
attention. These organisms are potentially exposed to plastic ingestion and the release of …

Whale sharks target dense prey patches of sergestid shrimp off Tanzania

CA Rohner, AJ Armstrong, SJ Pierce… - Journal of plankton …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Large planktivores require high-density prey patches to make feeding energetically viable.
This is a major challenge for species living in tropical and subtropical seas, such as whale …

Global assessment of shark strandings

N Wosnick, RD Leite, EP Giareta, D Morick… - Fish and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Marine wildlife stranding is a global phenomenon, and for some taxonomic groups, these
events are well monitored and documented. Although sharks are among the most …

Oceanic adults, coastal juveniles: tracking the habitat use of whale sharks off the Pacific coast of Mexico

D Ramírez-Macías, N Queiroz, SJ Pierce… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Eight whale sharks tagged with pop-up satellite archival tags off the Gulf of California,
Mexico, were tracked for periods of 14–134 days. Five of these sharks were adults, with four …

Adult female whale sharks make long-distance movements past Darwin Island (Galapagos, Ecuador) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

AR Hearn, J Green, MH Román, D Acuña-Marrero… - Marine biology, 2016 - Springer
Most previous studies on whale shark movements have been on immature sharks. Here, we
present tracking data for large females that we tagged at the Galapagos Islands, where they …