Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses
Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses
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Oldendorf: Inter-Research
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English
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Oldendorf: Inter-Research
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Whale sharks Rhincodon typus are large filter-feeders that are frequently observed feeding in surface zooplankton patches at their tropical and subtropical coastal aggregation sites. Using signature fatty acid (FA) analyses from their subdermal connective tissue and stomach content analysis, we tested whether whale sharks in Mozambique and South Af...
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Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_3354_meps10500
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_3354_meps10500
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0171-8630
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1616-1599
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10.3354/meps10500
