Population structure and residency of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras. Issue 3 (8th August 2013)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Population structure and residency of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras. Issue 3 (8th August 2013)
- Main Title:
- Population structure and residency of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras
- Authors:
- Fox, S.
Foisy, I.
De La Parra Venegas, R.
Galván Pastoriza, B. E.
Graham, R. T.
Hoffmayer, E. R.
Holmberg, J.
Pierce, S. J. - Abstract:
- <abstract abstract-type="main" id="jfb12195-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="jfb12195-para-0001">There were 479 reported whale shark <italic>Rhincodon typus</italic> encounters between 1999 and 2011 at the island of Utila, which forms part of the Meso‐American Barrier Reef System (MBRS) in the western Caribbean Sea. The majority of <italic>R. typus</italic> were found to feed on small bait fish associated with various tuna species. Ninety‐five individual <italic>R. typus</italic>, ranging from 2 to 11 m total length (<italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>), were identified through their unique spot patterns. A significant male bias (65%) was present. There was no significant difference between the mean ± <sc>s.d</sc>. <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> of female (6·66 ± 1·65 m) and male (6·25 ± 1·60 m) <italic>R. typus</italic>. Most <italic>R. typus</italic> were transient to Utila, with 78% sighted only within a single calendar year, although some individuals were sighted in up to 5 years. Mean residency time was modelled to be 11·76 days using maximum likelihood methods.</p> </abstract>
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of fish biology. Volume 83:Issue 3(2013)
- Journal:
- Journal of fish biology
- Issue:
- Volume 83:Issue 3(2013)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 83, Issue 3 (2013)
- Year:
- 2013
- Volume:
- 83
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2013-0083-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 574
- Page End:
- 587
- Publication Date:
- 2013-08-08
- Subjects:
- Fishes -- Periodicals
Fishes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
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- DOI:
- 10.1111/jfb.12195 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0022-1112
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