Whale sharks as oceanic nurseries for Golden Trevally
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چکیده
The Golden Trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, is a large predatory fish with an extremely broad tropical Indo-Pacific distribution that crosses many biogeographical boundaries. Both published information and freely available imagery suggest small juvenile G. speciosus are often associated whale sharks, Rhincodon typus; association could explain the unusually widespread of suggests novel nursery relationship. possibility such has potential to reshape our understanding ecological roles played by long-range migrants as R. typus other megafauna, full extent their conservation value, how we manage both members
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عنوان ژورنال: Pacific Conservation Biology
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2204-4604', '1038-2097']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/pc23004