Deep-diving behaviour of a whale shark Rhincodon typus during long-distance movement in the western Indian Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 706-714

  Brunnschweiler, J M ^a,f   Baensch, H ^b   Pierce, S J ^c   Sims, D W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Manta Ray and Whale Shark Research Centre   (Mozambique)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deep diving; Dive behaviour; Foraging; Migration; Ocean stratification; Satellite tagging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIVING; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; DIVING; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; SHARKS;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 59349087789     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02155.x     Document Type: Article

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