TY - JOUR
T1 - Whale shark Rhincodon typus strandings in the Gulf of California, Mexico
AU - Whitehead, Darren A.
AU - Becerril-García, Edgar E.
AU - Petatán-Ramírez, David
AU - Vázquez-Haikin, Abraham
AU - González-Armas, Rogelio
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - The present study analyses whale shark Rhincodon typus stranding in the Gulf of California, Mexico, reported by the public, scientists, authorities and artisanal fishermen. A total of 14 strandings were documented during the period 2001–2018. The total length of R. typus ranged from 350–1,102 cm, with a sex ratio of 3.5:1 (males: females). This study highlights potential stranding areas, the need for better stranding protocols to assist R. typus recovery and the importance of samples from dead animals for scientific research.
AB - The present study analyses whale shark Rhincodon typus stranding in the Gulf of California, Mexico, reported by the public, scientists, authorities and artisanal fishermen. A total of 14 strandings were documented during the period 2001–2018. The total length of R. typus ranged from 350–1,102 cm, with a sex ratio of 3.5:1 (males: females). This study highlights potential stranding areas, the need for better stranding protocols to assist R. typus recovery and the importance of samples from dead animals for scientific research.
KW - Gulf of California
KW - Rhincodon typus
KW - conservation
KW - eastern tropical Pacific
KW - endangered species
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058132426&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jfb.13845
DO - 10.1111/jfb.13845
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 30345520
AN - SCOPUS:85058132426
SN - 0022-1112
VL - 94
SP - 165
EP - 167
JO - Journal of Fish Biology
JF - Journal of Fish Biology
IS - 1
ER -