Some like it hot: Repeat migration and residency of whale sharks within an extreme natural environment

David P. Robinson; Mohammed Y. Jaidah; Steffen S. Bach; Christoph A. Rohner; Rima W. Jabado; Rupert Ormond; Simon J. Pierce

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185360

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Some like it hot: Repeat migration and residency of whale sharks within an extreme natural environment

David P. Robinson ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sharkwatcharabia@gmail.com

Affiliation Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2572-9271

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Mohammed Y. Jaidah,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Qatar Ministry of Environment, Doha, Qatar
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Steffen S. Bach,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation North Oil Company, Doha, Qatar
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Christoph A. Rohner,

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

Affiliation Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, United States of America
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Rima W. Jabado,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gulf Elasmo Project, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Rupert Ormond,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Marine Conservation International, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Simon J. Pierce

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

Affiliation Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, United States of America
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Some like it hot: Repeat migration and residency of whale sharks within an extreme natural environment

David P. Robinson,
Mohammed Y. Jaidah,
Steffen S. Bach,
Christoph A. Rohner,
Rima W. Jabado,
Rupert Ormond,
Simon J. Pierce

Published: September 21, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185360

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