Whale shark residency and small-scale movements around oil and gas platforms in Qatar

Whale sharks seasonally aggregate near oil and gas platforms in Qatar to feed on fish spawn, creating one of the world’s largest aggregations of the species. We used passive acoustic telemetry to examine their fine-scale movements, residency, and seasonality and investigate whether the platforms inf...

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Main Authors: Steffen S. Bach, David P. Robinson, Mohammed Y. Al Jaidah, Simon J. Pierce, Prasad Thoppil, Christoph A. Rohner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1568607/full
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