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Brunnschweiler, J M; Baensch, H B; Pierce, S J; Sims, D W (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):706-714.
A whale shark Rhincodon typus satellite tagged off the coast of Mozambique showed a highly directional movement across the Mozambique Channel and around the southern tip of Madagascar, a minimum distance of 1200 km in 87 days. Dives to depths well into the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones (1286 m maximum depth) were recorded in a bathymetrically non-constraining habitat. The water temperature range recorded during the fish's movement was 3·4–29·9° C
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Zoology (former) |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 570 Life sciences; biology
590 Animals (Zoology) |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Life Sciences > Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Life Sciences > Aquatic Science |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | deep diving, dive behaviour, foraging, migration, ocean stratification, satellite tagging |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Deposited On: | 09 Apr 2009 20:31 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2025 02:40 |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 0022-1112 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02155.x |
Brunnschweiler, J M