2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Understanding the prevalence of foraging specialisation, fasting and herbivory to improve conservation of the globally threatened whale shark
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19K16224
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
WYATT Alexander 東京大学, 大気海洋研究所, 特任研究員 (70748920)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | whale shark / Rhincodon typus / foraging / fasting / herbivory / stable isotope / amino acid / trophic position |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Research achievements during the ~5 months of the grant included:
- travel to present and interact with international collaborators at the 5th International Whale Shark Conferences in Exmouth, Western Australia;
- planning meetings with international collaborators for global sample procurement and analysis;
- reconnaissance field work at the whale shark aggregation at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia;
- procurement of supplies and equipment for field sampling and laboratory analysis; and
- collation of whale shark samples for compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids.
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Research Products
(1 results)
