Publications related to Whale Shark research

Bradshaw, C. J. A., et al. Decline in whale shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: The world’s largest fish is getting smaller, Biological Conservation, In Press, (2008)
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Bradshaw, C. J. A., Mollet, H. G., et al. Inferring Population Trends of the World's Largest Fish from Mark-Recapture Estimates of Survival, Journal of Animal Ecology 76(3): 480–489 (2007)
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Fitzpatrick, B., Meekan, M., et al. Shark attacks on a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, western Australia, Bulletin of Marine Science 78(2): 397-402 (2006)
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Meekan, M. G., Bradshaw, C. J. A., et al. Population size and structure of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Marine Ecology Progress Series (319): 275-285 (2006)
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Wilson, S. G., Polovina,J. J., et al. Movement of Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) Tagged at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Marine Biology (148): 1157-1166 (2005)
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Simon J. Pierce, William T. White & Andrea D. Marshall New record of the smalleye stingray, Dasyatis microps (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the western Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 1734: 65–68 (2008)
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Andrea D. Marshall, Simon J. Pierce, & Michael B. Bennett Morphological measurements of manta rays (Manta birostris) with a description of a foetus from the east coast of Southern Africa, Zootaxa 1717: 24–30 (2008)
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