New records of neonatal and juvenile whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) from the Indian Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-219

  Rowat, D ^a,f   Gore, M A ^a   Baloch, B B ^b   Islam, Z ^c   Ahmad, E ^d   Ali, Q M ^e   Culloch, R M ^a   Hameed, S ^e   Hasnain, S A ^d   Hussain, B ^d   Kiani, S ^e   Siddiqui, J ^e   Ormond, R F ^a   Henn, N ^f   Khan, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Fisheries Department   (Pakistan)

^c Marine Life Alliance ^*  (Bangladesh)

^d WWF Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^f Marine Conservation Society Seychelles   (Seychelles)

^g Marine Fisheries Department   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Behaviour; Growth rate; Habitat; Pakistan; Philopatry; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; NEW RECORD; PHILOPATRY; SHARK;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; PAKISTAN; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH ASIA;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 45749085717     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9280-z     Document Type: Article

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