Whale Sharks in the Sulu Sea

9722909库伊曼这是由斯克里普斯海洋研究所的杰拉尔德·库伊曼博士和斯科特·埃克特博士提出的为期24个月的奖项。这是一项由三个国家(美国、马来西亚和菲律宾)合作研究苏鲁海鲸鲨--犀牛的研究。该项目将由来自三个美国研究所：斯克里普斯海洋研究所、哈布斯海洋世界研究所和佛罗里达大学，以及马来西亚和菲律宾的四个研究所：马来西亚的沙巴大学(婆罗洲海洋研究所)和沙巴公园大学(海洋分部)，以及菲律宾的渔业和水产资源局和西里曼大学的研究人员组成的团队进行。库伊曼博士是美国海军陆战队的一员，他要求为学生资助的美国部分提供资金，并为研究鲸鲨犀牛的迁徙和移动模式支付旅费和现场费用。研究小组计划使用卫星遥测和意大利面标签来确定鲸鲨在苏鲁海的栖息地范围和分布。关于苏鲁海鲸鲨的信息很少。这是一项非常重要的物种保护和生物学研究，人类已经广泛地开发了这种物种的肉类和鱼翅产品。这是卫星遥测首次被用来追踪鲸鲨。从这项研究中获得的经验可以应用于海洋其他地区的许多其他大型鱼类。从这项研究中收集的数据不仅可以提供重要的信息，从而更准确地估计鲨鱼的总体数量及其迁徙和栖息地，而且还可以在人类越来越多地开发的情况下，促进对该物种的保护。该项目由马来西亚沙巴公园(海洋分部)、菲律宾渔业和水产资源局和国家科学基金会共同支持。

9722909 Kooyman This is a 24-month award proposed by Drs. Gerald Kooyman and Scott Eckert, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This is a three-country (U.S., Malaysia and the Philippines) cooperative study on whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Sulu Sea. The project will be carried out by a team of researchers from three U.S. institutes: the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Hubbs Sea World Research Institute, and the University of Florida, and four Malaysian and Philippine institutes: the Universiti of Sabah (Borneo Marine Research Unit) and Sabah Parks (Marine Division) in Malaysia, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and Silliman University in the Philippines. Dr. Kooyman, who is the U.S.P.I., requests funds for U.S. components of student support and for travel and field costs for studying the migration and movement patterns of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus. The team of researchers plans to use satellite telemetry and Spaghetti tagging to define the home range and distribution of whale sharks in the Sulu Sea. There is little information available on whale shark in the Sulu Sea. This is a very important conservation and biological study of a species, which has been exploited extensively by humans for its meat and fin products. This is the first time that satellite telemetry is being used to track whale sharks. The experience gained from this study can be applied to many other large fish species in other parts of the ocean. The data collected from this study can not only provide vital information leading to a more precise estimate of the overall shark population, and on its migration and home range, but also can lead to improvement in the conservation of this species despite increased human exploitation. This project is jointly supported by Sabah Parks (Marine Division) in Malaysia, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippine, and NSF.