Whale Sharks : Biology, Ecology, and Conservation (Paperback)

Introduction Alistair D.M. Dove and Simon J. Pierce Chapter 1. How and why is the whale shark the world’s largest fish? Alistair D.M. Dove, Mark G. Meekan, and Craig McClain Chapter 2. Whale shark reproduction, growth, and demography Simon J. Pierce, Sebastian A. Pardo, Chris A. Rohner, Rui Matsumoto, Kiyomi Murakumo, Ryo Nozu, Alistair D.M. Dove, Cameron Perry, and Mark G. Meekan Chapter 3. Whale shark sensory biology and neuroanatomy Kara E. Yopak and Emily E. Peele Chapter 4. Parasites and other associates of whale sharks Alistair D.M. Dove and David P. Robinson Chapter 5. Population genetic structure of whale sharks Jennifer V. Schmidt Chapter 6. Whale shark movements and migrations Alex R. Hearn, Jonathan R. Green, Cesar R. Penaherrera, Samantha Reynolds, Christoph A. Rohner, Marlon Roman, and Ana M.M. Sequeira Chapter 7. Population ecology of whale sharks Christoph A. Rohner, Bradley M. Norman, Samantha Reynolds, Gonzalo Araujo, Jason Holmberg, and Simon J. Pierce Chapter 8. Whale shark foraging, feeding, and diet Christoph A. Rohner and Clare E. Prebble Chapter 9. Lessons from care of whale sharks in public aquariums Alistair D.M. Dove, Rui Matsumoto, Christian Schreiber, Christopher Coco, Makio Yanagisawa, Tonya Clauss, Lisa Hoopes, and Keiichi Sato Chapter 10. Whale shark tourism as an incentive-based conservation approach Jackie Zeigler and Philip Dearden Chapter 11. Global threats to whale sharks David Rowat, Freya Womersley, Bradley M. Norman, and Simon J. Pierce Chapter 12. Conservation of whale sharks Simon J. Pierce, Molly K. Grace, and Gonzalo Araujo Chapter 13. Outstanding questions in whale shark research and conservation David Rowat, David P. Robinson, Alistair D. M. Dove, Gonzalo Araujo, Tonya Clauss, Christopher Coco, Philip Dearden, Molly K. Grace, Jonathan R. Green, Alex R. Hearn, Jason Holmberg, Lisa Hoopes, Rui Matsumoto, Craig McClain, Mark G. Meekan, Kiyomi Murakumo, Bradley M. Norman, Ryo Nozu, Sebastian A. Pardo, Emily E. Peele, Cesar R. Penaherrera Palma, Cameron Perry, Clare E. Prebble, Samantha Reynolds, Marlon Roman, Christoph A. Rohner, Keiichi Sato, Jennifer V. Schmidt, Christian Schreiber, Ana M. M. Sequeira, Freya Womersley, Makio Yanagisawa, Kara E. Yopak, Jackie Ziegler, and Simon J. Pierce.