Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, Aggregate around Offshore Platforms in Qatari Waters of the Arabian Gulf to Feed on Fish Spawn

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Robinson, David P ^a   Jaidah, Mohammed Y ^b   Jabado, Rima W ^c   Lee Brooks, Katie ^d   Nour El Din, Nehad M ^b   Malki, Ameena A Al ^b   Elmeer, Khaled ^b   McCormick, Paul A ^b   Henderson, Aaron C ^e   Pierce, Simon J ^f   Ormond, Rupert F G ^a,g  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Environment   (Qatar)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e Center for Marine Resource Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

^f MARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g Marine Conservation International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; QATAR; RHINCODON TYPUS; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SHARK; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; QATAR; SEASONS; SHARKS;

EID: 84874825448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058255     Document Type: Article

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