Whale shark (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Whale shark" in English language version.

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Dekker, Stefanie (17 July 2020). "'What a privilege': Swimming with endangered whale sharks in Qatar". Aljazeera. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

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Briggs, Helen (17 May 2018). "Madagascar emerges as whale shark hotspot". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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biorxiv.org

Yamaguchi, Kazuaki; Koyanagi, Mitsumasa; Sato, Keiichi; Terakita, Akihisa; Kuraku, Shigehiro (1 October 2021). "Whale shark rhodopsin adapted to its vertically wide-ranging lifestyle": 2021.10.01.462724. doi:10.1101/2021.10.01.462724. S2CID 238261190 – via bioRxiv. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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"令和二年度沖縄美ら海水族館年報" (PDF). Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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"Aquarium gains two new whale sharks". CNN. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007.

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Cannon, Marisa (21 July 2015). "Swimming with whale sharks in the Philippines". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

core.ac.uk

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Hsu, Hua Hsun; Joung, Shoou Jeng; Hueter, Robert E.; Liu, Kwang Ming (2014). "Age and growth of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the north-western Pacific". Marine and Freshwater Research. 65 (12): 1145. doi:10.1071/MF13330. ISSN 1323-1650.
Perry, Cameron T.; Figueiredo, Joana; Vaudo, Jeremy J.; Hancock, James; Rees, Richard; Shivji, Mahmood (2018). "Comparing length-measurement methods and estimating growth parameters of free-swimming whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) near the South Ari Atoll, Maldives". Marine and Freshwater Research. 69 (10): 1487. doi:10.1071/MF17393. ISSN 1323-1650.

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"Whale Shark". Discovery.com. 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

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Russell, Mark 'Crowley' (9 April 2024). "Scuba diver fined for pulling whale shark tail in Thailand". DIVE Magazine. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 11. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

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Pierce, S.J.; Norman, B. (2016). "Rhincodon typus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19488A2365291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T19488A2365291.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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McClain CR, Balk MA, Benfield MC, Branch TA, Chen C, Cosgrove J, Dove ADM, Gaskins LC, Helm RR, Hochberg FG, Lee FB, Marshall A, McMurray SE, Schanche C, Stone SN, Thaler AD. 2015. "Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna". PeerJ 3:e715 doi:10.7717/peerj.715.
Hsu, Hua Hsun; Joung, Shoou Jeng; Hueter, Robert E.; Liu, Kwang Ming (2014). "Age and growth of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the north-western Pacific". Marine and Freshwater Research. 65 (12): 1145. doi:10.1071/MF13330. ISSN 1323-1650.
Perry, Cameron T.; Figueiredo, Joana; Vaudo, Jeremy J.; Hancock, James; Rees, Richard; Shivji, Mahmood (2018). "Comparing length-measurement methods and estimating growth parameters of free-swimming whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) near the South Ari Atoll, Maldives". Marine and Freshwater Research. 69 (10): 1487. doi:10.1071/MF17393. ISSN 1323-1650.
Brunnschweiler, J. M.; Baensch, H.; Pierce, S. J.; Sims, D. W. (3 February 2009). "Deep-diving behaviour of a whale shark Rhincodon typus during long-distance movement in the western Indian Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology. 74 (3): 706–14. Bibcode:2009JFBio..74..706B. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02155.x. PMID 20735591.
Colman, J. G. (1997). "A review of the biology and ecology of the whale shark". Journal of Fish Biology. 51 (6): 1219–1234. Bibcode:1997JFBio..51.1219C. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01138.x. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 29991171.
Tomita, Taketeru; Murakumo, Kiyomi; Komoto, Shinya; Dove, Alistair; Kino, Masakatsu; Miyamoto, Kei; Toda, Minoru (29 June 2020). "Armored eyes of the whale shark". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0235342. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1535342T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235342. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7323965. PMID 32598385.
Womersley, Freya; Hancock, James; Perry, Cameron T.; Rowat, David (February 2021). "Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and implications for conservation management". Conservation Physiology. 9 (1): coaa120. doi:10.1093/conphys/coaa120. PMC 7859907. PMID 33569175.
Read, Timothy D.; Petit, Robert A.; Joseph, Sandeep J.; Alam, Md. Tauqeer; Weil, M. Ryan; Ahmad, Maida; Bhimani, Ravila; Vuong, Jocelyn S.; Haase, Chad P. (December 2017). "Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world's largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus Smith 1828". BMC Genomics. 18 (1): 532. doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3926-9. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 5513125. PMID 28709399.
Yamaguchi, Kazuaki; Koyanagi, Mitsumasa; Sato, Keiichi; Terakita, Akihisa; Kuraku, Shigehiro (28 March 2023). "Whale shark rhodopsin adapted to deep-sea lifestyle by a substitution associated with human disease". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (13): e2220728120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12020728Y. doi:10.1073/pnas.2220728120. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 10068813. PMID 36943890.
Yamaguchi, Kazuaki; Koyanagi, Mitsumasa; Sato, Keiichi; Terakita, Akihisa; Kuraku, Shigehiro (1 October 2021). "Whale shark rhodopsin adapted to its vertically wide-ranging lifestyle": 2021.10.01.462724. doi:10.1101/2021.10.01.462724. S2CID 238261190 – via bioRxiv. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Meekan, Mark G.; Taylor, Brett M.; Lester, Emily; Ferreira, Luciana C.; Sequeira, Ana M. M.; Dove, Alistair D. M.; Birt, Matthew J.; Aspinall, Alex; Brooks, Kim; Thums, Michele (2020). "Asymptotic Growth of Whale Sharks Suggests Sex-Specific Life-History Strategies". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.575683. ISSN 2296-7745. S2CID 221712078.
Wintner, Sabine P. (2000). "Preliminary Study of Vertebral Growth Rings in the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, from the East Coast of South Africa". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 59 (4): 441–451. Bibcode:2000EnvBF..59..441W. doi:10.1023/A:1026564707027. S2CID 20461057.
Ong, Joyce J. L.; Meekan, Mark G.; Hsu, Hua Hsun; Fanning, L. Paul; Campana, Steven E. (6 April 2020). "Annual Bands in Vertebrae Validated by Bomb Radiocarbon Assays Provide Estimates of Age and Growth of Whale Sharks". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00188. hdl:20.500.11815/2381.
Stevens, J. D. (1 March 2007). "Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) biology and ecology: A review of the primary literature". Fisheries Research. Whale Sharks: Science, Conservation and Management. 84 (1): 4–9. Bibcode:2007FishR..84....4S. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.008. ISSN 0165-7836.
Rowat, D.; Brooks, K. S. (2012). "A review of the biology, fisheries and conservation of the whale shark Rhincodon typus". Journal of Fish Biology. 80 (5): 1019–1056. Bibcode:2012JFBio..80.1019R. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03252.x. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 22497372. S2CID 7243391.
Norman, Bradley M.; Stevens, John D. (1 March 2007). "Size and maturity status of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia". Fisheries Research. Whale Sharks: Science, Conservation and Management. 84 (1): 81–86. Bibcode:2007FishR..84...81N. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.015. ISSN 0165-7836.
Rohner, C. A.; Richardson, A. J.; Marshall, A. D.; Weeks, S. J.; Pierce, S. J. (2011). "How large is the world's largest fish? Measuring whale sharks Rhincodon typus with laser photogrammetry". Journal of Fish Biology. 78 (1): 378–385. Bibcode:2011JFBio..78..378R. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02861.x. PMID 21235570. S2CID 6882935.
Smith, H. M. (13 November 1925). "A Whale Shark (Rhineodon) in the Gulf of Siam". Science. 62 (1611): 438. Bibcode:1925Sci....62..438S. doi:10.1126/science.62.1611.438. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17732228.
Eckert, Scott A.; Stewart, Brent S. (1 February 2001). "Telemetry and Satellite Tracking of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon Typus, in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, and the North Pacific Ocean". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 60 (1): 299–308. Bibcode:2001EnvBF..60..299E. doi:10.1023/A:1007674716437. ISSN 1573-5133. S2CID 22173382.
Borrell, Asunción; Aguilar, Alex; Gazo, Manel; Kumarran, R. P.; Cardona, Luis (2011). "Stable isotope profiles in whale shark (Rhincodon typus) suggest segregation and dissimilarities in the diet depending on sex and size". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 92 (4): 559–567. Bibcode:2011EnvBF..92..559B. doi:10.1007/s10641-011-9879-y. ISSN 0378-1909. S2CID 37683420.
Pain, Stephanie (31 May 2022). "Call of the deep". Knowable Magazine. Annual Reviews. doi:10.1146/knowable-052622-3. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
de la Parra Venegas, Rafael; Hueter, Robert; Cano, Jaime González; Tyminski, John; Remolina, José Gregorio; Maslanka, Mike; Ormos, Andrea; Weigt, Lee; Carlson, Bruce; Dove, Alistair (29 April 2011). "An Unprecedented Aggregation of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican Coastal Waters of the Caribbean Sea". PLOS ONE. 4. 6 (4): e18994. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...618994D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018994. PMC 3084747. PMID 21559508.
Clingham, Elizabeth; Brown, Judith; Henry, Leeann; Beard, Annalea; Dove, Alistair D (2016). Evidence that St. Helena island is an important multi-use habitat for whale sharks, Rhincodon typus , with the first description of putative mating in this species. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.1885v1. OCLC 8162956757.
Joung, Shoou-Jeng; et al. (July 1996). "The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a livebearer: 300 embryos found in one 'megamamma' supreme". Environ. Biol. Fish. 46 (3): 219–223. Bibcode:1996EnvBF..46..219J. doi:10.1007/BF00004997. S2CID 22250254.
Schmidt, Jennifer V.; Chen, Chien-Chi; Sheikh, Saad I.; Meekan, Mark G.; Norman, Bradley M.; Joung, Shoou-Jeng (4 August 2010). "Paternity analysis in a litter of whale shark embryos". Endangered Species Research. 12 (2): 117–124. doi:10.3354/esr00300.
Motta, Philip J.; et al. (2010). "Feeding anatomy, filter-feeding rate, and diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus during surface ram filter feeding off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico" (PDF). Zoology. 113 (4): 199–212. Bibcode:2010Zool..113..199M. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2009.12.001. PMID 20817493.
Yong, Mila Mi Hua; Leistenschneider, Clara; Miranda, Joni Anne; Paler, Maria Kristina; Legaspi, Christine; Germanov, Elitza; Araujo, Gonzalo; Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia; Erni-Cassola, Gabriel (2021). "Microplastics in fecal samples of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and from surface water in the Philippines". Microplastics and Nanoplastics. 1 (1): 17. doi:10.1186/s43591-021-00017-9. PMC 8475362. PMID 34939039.
Womersley, Freya C.; et al. (2022). "Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119 (20): e2117440119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11917440W. doi:10.1073/pnas.2117440119. hdl:10754/676739. PMC 9171791. PMID 35533277.

elasmo-research.org

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elasmollet.org

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environment.gov.au

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fao.org

Compagno, L. J. V. "Species Fact Sheet, Rhincodon typus". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 19 September 2006.

fish.wa.gov.au

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fishbase.org

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fossilworks.org

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ghostarchive.org

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gulfnews.com

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handle.net

hdl.handle.net

Ong, Joyce J. L.; Meekan, Mark G.; Hsu, Hua Hsun; Fanning, L. Paul; Campana, Steven E. (6 April 2020). "Annual Bands in Vertebrae Validated by Bomb Radiocarbon Assays Provide Estimates of Age and Growth of Whale Sharks". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00188. hdl:20.500.11815/2381.
Womersley, Freya C.; et al. (2022). "Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119 (20): e2117440119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11917440W. doi:10.1073/pnas.2117440119. hdl:10754/676739. PMC 9171791. PMID 35533277.

harvard.edu

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Brunnschweiler, J. M.; Baensch, H.; Pierce, S. J.; Sims, D. W. (3 February 2009). "Deep-diving behaviour of a whale shark Rhincodon typus during long-distance movement in the western Indian Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology. 74 (3): 706–14. Bibcode:2009JFBio..74..706B. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02155.x. PMID 20735591.
Colman, J. G. (1997). "A review of the biology and ecology of the whale shark". Journal of Fish Biology. 51 (6): 1219–1234. Bibcode:1997JFBio..51.1219C. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01138.x. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 29991171.
Tomita, Taketeru; Murakumo, Kiyomi; Komoto, Shinya; Dove, Alistair; Kino, Masakatsu; Miyamoto, Kei; Toda, Minoru (29 June 2020). "Armored eyes of the whale shark". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0235342. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1535342T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235342. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7323965. PMID 32598385.
Yamaguchi, Kazuaki; Koyanagi, Mitsumasa; Sato, Keiichi; Terakita, Akihisa; Kuraku, Shigehiro (28 March 2023). "Whale shark rhodopsin adapted to deep-sea lifestyle by a substitution associated with human disease". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (13): e2220728120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12020728Y. doi:10.1073/pnas.2220728120. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 10068813. PMID 36943890.
Wintner, Sabine P. (2000). "Preliminary Study of Vertebral Growth Rings in the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, from the East Coast of South Africa". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 59 (4): 441–451. Bibcode:2000EnvBF..59..441W. doi:10.1023/A:1026564707027. S2CID 20461057.
Stevens, J. D. (1 March 2007). "Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) biology and ecology: A review of the primary literature". Fisheries Research. Whale Sharks: Science, Conservation and Management. 84 (1): 4–9. Bibcode:2007FishR..84....4S. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.008. ISSN 0165-7836.
Rowat, D.; Brooks, K. S. (2012). "A review of the biology, fisheries and conservation of the whale shark Rhincodon typus". Journal of Fish Biology. 80 (5): 1019–1056. Bibcode:2012JFBio..80.1019R. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03252.x. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 22497372. S2CID 7243391.
Norman, Bradley M.; Stevens, John D. (1 March 2007). "Size and maturity status of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia". Fisheries Research. Whale Sharks: Science, Conservation and Management. 84 (1): 81–86. Bibcode:2007FishR..84...81N. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.015. ISSN 0165-7836.
Rohner, C. A.; Richardson, A. J.; Marshall, A. D.; Weeks, S. J.; Pierce, S. J. (2011). "How large is the world's largest fish? Measuring whale sharks Rhincodon typus with laser photogrammetry". Journal of Fish Biology. 78 (1): 378–385. Bibcode:2011JFBio..78..378R. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02861.x. PMID 21235570. S2CID 6882935.
Smith, H. M. (13 November 1925). "A Whale Shark (Rhineodon) in the Gulf of Siam". Science. 62 (1611): 438. Bibcode:1925Sci....62..438S. doi:10.1126/science.62.1611.438. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17732228.
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