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Whale shark ecology

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Baseline data collection on Whale Sharks by photo-identification, Whale Shark sex & size and collection of plankton samples to determine Whale Shark prey items.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Whale shark ecology
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b58bc6c6-df30-4e55-87d5-f2899708e14a
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@whaleshark.org
Reference Period 22/11/2017 - 01/07/2006
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Whale shark ecology". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/whale-shark-ecology