Whale sharks Rhincodon typus aggregate to feed on fish spawn in Belize

By W. Heyman, R. Graham, B. Kjerfve, R. E. Johannes. 2001

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Feeding habitat of the whale shark Rhincodon typus in the northern Gulf of Mexico determined using species distribution modelling (2012, background): “Whale shark Rhincodon typus distribution has been well documented in coastal areas where whale sharks aggregate to feed (Heyman et al. 2001, Wilson et al. 2001, de la Parra Venegas et al. 2011, Rowat et al. 2011); however, this is the first study to spatially quantify the areas of highest…”
Aerial survey as a tool to estimate whale shark abundance trends (2009, background): “Seasonal changes in the distribution patterns of whale sharks are well-known (Anderson and Ahmed, 1993; Taylor, 1996; Heyman et al., 2001; Wilson et al., 2001).”
Analysis of whale shark Rhincondon typus aggregations near South Ari Atoll, Maldives Archipelago (2010, methodology): “The timing of these aggregations often corresponds with local blooms of phytoplankton or spawning of fishes and corals (e.g. Clark & Nelson 1997, Taylor & Pearce 1999, Eckert & Stewart 2001, Heyman et al. 2001, Alava et al. 2002, Norman & Stevens 2007).”
Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: Biology, Research and Management (2012, background): “Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus (Heyman et al. 2001 ; Hoffmayer et al. 2007 ) , and manta rays, Manta birostris (Lance Millbrand personal communication), have been observed to aggregate over spawning aggregations to feed on eggs of cubera snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus , and convict surgeonfi sh,…”
Aggregations of juvenile whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti (2007, background): “The size of these sharks contrasts to those in aggregations in Belize (Heyman et al. 2001), Ningaloo in Western Australia (Meekan et al. 2006) and the Seychelles (Rowat and Gore in press) where sharks average closer to 6–7 m TL.”
Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses (2013, background): “…(1967), Nichols et al. (2002) Saurida: reported in stomach van Kampen (1908) Ozogul et al. (2011) contents Fish eggs Direct feeding observation Heyman et al. (2001) Tamaru et al. (1992), Jeffs et al. (2004), Nguyen et al. (2012) Gelatinous zooplankton Direct feeding observation Heyman et al.…”
Larval transport pathways from Cuban snapper (Lutjanidae) spawning aggregations based on biophysical modeling (2005, background): “Several snapper (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) species have adopted this particular spawning strategy (Carter & Perrine 1994, Domeier & Colin 1997, Domeier et al. 1997, Lindeman et al. 2000, Heyman et al. 2001).”
Habitat use and demographic population structure of elasmobranchs at a Caribbean atoll (Glover's Reef, Belize) (2005, background): “…(fins, meat) and ecotourism (primarily dive-tourism involving G. cirratum, C. perezi, Rhincodon typus, and D. americana) is increasing in Belize (Heyman et al. 2001, Carwardine & Watterson 2002, Gibson et al. 2004), we suggest that more intensive and informed conservation and fisheries…”
Spawning Aggregation Sites of Snapper and Grouper Species (Lutjanidae and Serranidae) on the Insular Shelf of Cuba (2003, background): “Descriptions of spawning in snappers exist from work in Belize with dog and cubera snapper (Carter and Perrine 1994, Heyman et al. 2001).”