Multi-method assessment of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) residency, distribution, and dispersal behavior at an aggregation site in the Red Sea

• Jesse E. M. Cochran ,

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

  * E-mail: Jesse.Cochran@kaust.edu.sa

  Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6027-5052

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• Camrin D. Braun,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Air-Sea Interaction and Remote Sensing Department, Applied Physics Laboratory–University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  Affiliations Massachusetts Institute of Technology–Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• E. Fernando Cagua,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5867-3687

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• Michael F. Campbell Jr.,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-7547

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• Royale S. Hardenstine,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Alexander Kattan,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7587-3584

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• Mark A. Priest,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

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• Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Gregory B. Skomal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, MA, United States of America

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• Sahar Sultan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

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• Lu Sun,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Key Laboratory of Science and Engineering for Marine Ecology and Environment, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China

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• Simon R. Thorrold,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Michael L. Berumen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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