Long-term assessment of whale shark population demography and connectivity using photo-identification in the Western Atlantic Ocean

• Jennifer A. McKinney ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jennifershark@gmail.com

  Affiliation Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, New Orleans, LA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2860-778X

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• Eric R. Hoffmayer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, Pascagoula, MS, United States of America

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• Jason Holmberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Wild Me, Portland, OR, United States of America

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• Rachel T. Graham,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MarAlliance, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize

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• William B. Driggers III,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, Pascagoula, MS, United States of America

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• Rafael de la Parra-Venegas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Ch'ooj Ajauil AC, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México

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• Beatriz E. Galván-Pastoriza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Ch'ooj Ajauil AC, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México

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• Steve Fox,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Utila Whale Shark Research, Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras

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• Simon J. Pierce,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wild Me, Portland, OR, United States of America, Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, United States of America

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• Alistair D. M. Dove

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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