Multi-Year Impacts of Ecotourism on Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Visitation at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry. There is some concern that interactions with tourists with ecotourism operations might harm sharks through disruption of behaviours. Here, we analysed five years of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) encounter data by an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2015-09, Vol.10 (9), p.e0127345-e0127345
Hauptverfasser:	Sanzogni, R L, Meekan, M G, Meeuwig, J J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Animals Aquatic mammals Cetacea Data bases Dolphins & porpoises Ecology Ecosystem Ecotourism Encounters Endangered & extinct species Environmental effects Environmental factors Marine biology Marine mammals Megafauna Oceanography Oceans Physical oceanography Plankton Rhincodon typus Rhincodontidae Science Sharks Swimming Tourism Tourists Western Australia
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