Norman B M, Whitty J M, Beatty S J, Reynolds S D, Morgan D L
ECOCEAN Australia, Fremantle, WA, 6160, Australia.
Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit, Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
J Fish Biol. 2017 Dec;91(6):1713-1720. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13461. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
Whale sharks Rhincodon typus were monitored via acoustic transmitters at the northern end of Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park to establish the extent to which the species inhabits the region beyond the whale-shark ecotourism industry season, which usually extends from March to August in each year. Despite the vast majority (c. 98%) of photographic submissions of R. typus from Ningaloo Reef being between March and August, acoustic detections from the tagged R. typus at Ningaloo were recorded in all months of the year, but do not preclude the occurrence of extended absences. It is concluded that as a species, R. typus occurs year round at Ningaloo, where it generally remains in close proximity to the reef edge, but that some individuals move outside of the detection range of the array for extended periods.
通过声学发射器对西澳大利亚宁格鲁海洋公园北端的鲸鲨（Rhincodon typus）进行监测，以确定该物种在鲸鲨生态旅游季节（通常为每年3月至8月）之外栖息于该区域的程度。尽管来自宁格鲁礁的鲸鲨的绝大多数（约98%）照片提交记录在3月至8月之间，但在宁格鲁标记的鲸鲨的声学探测记录在一年中的所有月份，不过这并不排除它们长时间不在探测范围内的情况。得出的结论是，作为一个物种，鲸鲨全年都出现在宁格鲁，它们通常保持在靠近珊瑚礁边缘的位置，但有些个体会长时间移动到阵列探测范围之外。
