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Wildbook for Whale Sharks
Citation
ECOCEAN: Wildbook for Whale Sharks. Accessed via http://www.gbif.org/dataset/5a889070-20bd-11dd-bc28-b8a03c50a862 on yyyy-mm-dd https://doi.org/10.15468/prgvpm

Access data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
Exposes global occurrence data for whale sharks (Rhincodon typus).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Distribution, Worldwide, World Oceans, Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828

Geographical coverage
World Oceans [Marine Regions]

Taxonomic coverage
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 [WoRMS]

Parameter
Animal sightings

Contributor
ECOCEAN USA, moredata creator


Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2014-02-25
Information last updated: 2022-08-01
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