January 4th, 2019

A new study reveals the impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in Cebu

A new study reveals the impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in Cebu

Press Release The University of Hong Kong 12. December 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — A new study reveals the impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines The collaborative research among The University of

Whale Shark Tourism: Impacts on Coral Reefs in the Philippines

Whale Shark Tourism: Impacts on Coral Reefs in the Philippines

Whale Shark Tourism: Impacts on Coral Reefs in the Philippine C. W. Martin Wong, Inga Conti-Jerpe, Laurie J. Raymundo, Caroline Dingle, Gonzalo Araujo, Alessandro Ponzo, David M. Baker ABSTRACT: Reef-based tourism has been developing rapidly in recent decades yet its impacts on reef ecosystems are often overlooked. In Tan-awan, Oslob, Philippines, whale sharks are attracted

A new species of whaler shark from the Western Central Pacific

A new species of whaler shark from the Western Central Pacific

Published on 02. January 2019 Lost before found: A new species of whaler shark Carcharhinus obsolerus from the Western Central Pacific known only from historic records William T. White, Peter M. Kyne, Mark Harris ABSTRACT: Carcharhinus obsolerus is described based on three specimens from Borneo, Thailand and Vietnam in the Western Central Pacific. It belongs