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- Title
Recent whale shark (Rhincodon typus) beach strandings in Australia.
- Authors
Speed, C. W.; Meekan, M. G.; Russell, B. C.; Bradshaw, C. J. A.
- Abstract
We document two recent beach strandings of whale sharks on both the east and west coasts of Australia and compare them to strandings of other species of shark and cetaceans. Historically, whale shark stranding is an unusual phenomenon in Australia. Although the reasons for whale shark strandings are speculative, their low frequency suggests they are unlikely to pose any considerable threat to the population viability of this species in Australia.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; BEACHING of whales; WHALE shark; BASKING shark; MEGAMOUTH shark; TEMPERATURE effect; ANIMAL behavior
- Publication
Marine Biodiversity Records, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1755-2672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1755267208000158