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1 Supporting information TABLE S1. Summary of representative Rhincodon typus studies (since 1996) included in Fig. 1, grouped by (1) occurrence, population and correlates for occurrence, (2) movement, (3) tourism and conservation, (4) mortality and (5) foraging, in different locations worldwide Local Occurrence Movements Eco-tourism / conservation Mortality Foraging - - - - Population Bio-physical correlates Canada Turnbull & Randell, 2006 Hoffmayer et al., 2006 Hoffmayer et al., 2007 Burks et al., 2006 Gulf of Mexico - Suárez et al., 2007 - Hueter, 2007 Cárdenas-Palomo et al., 2010 Motta et al., 2010 Atlantic Ocean McKinney et al., 2012 Quiros, 2005 Graham et al., 2006 Graham & Roberts, 2007 Caribbean Sea Cárdenas-Torres et al., 2007 Gifford et al., 2007a Venegas et al., 2011 Diaz, 2007 Heyman et al., 2001 Heyman et al., 2010 Graham & Roberts, 2007 Ziegler et al., 2011 Gadig, 2007 Brazil - Gadig, 2007 - - - - - - Hazin et al., 2008 Angola/Nigeria Weir, 2010 2 KwaZulu-Natal Cliff et al., 2007 (South Africa) Gifford et al., 2007b Mozambique - Gifford et al., 2007a - Beckley et al., 1997 - Pierce et al., 2010 - - - - - - - - Brunnschweiler et al., 2009 Brunnschweiler & Sims, 2012 Bassen, 2007 Kenya - Njonjo, 2007 Madagascar Jonahson & Harding, 2007 - - Rowat et al., 2009a Rowat & Gore, 2007 Rowat, 2007 Rowat et al., 2009b Rowat et al., 2011 Rowat & Engelhardt, 2007 Indian Ocean Seychelles Kumari & Raman, 2007 India Pravin, 2000 Hanfee, 1997 Joshi et al., 2007 Hanfee, 2001 Kumari & Raman, 2010 Borrell et al., 2011 Maldives Riley et al., 2010 - - Riley et al., 2009 - Djibouti Rowat et al., 2007 Rowat et al., 2011 - - - Rowat et al., 2008 - - - - Theberge & Dearden, 2006 - - Haetrakul et al., 2007 - Hobbs et al., 2009 - Davies, 2007 - - Ningaloo Wilson et al., 2001 Gunn et al., 1999 Davis et al., 1997 Fitzpatrick et al., 2006 Wilson & Newbound, 2001 (Western Australia) Meekan et al., 2006 Wilson et al., 2006 Bradshaw, 2007 Colomer, 2007 Wilson, 2002 Pakistan and Bangladesh Thailand Christmas Island (Australia) 3 Bradshaw, 2007 Wilson et al., 2007 Mau & Wilson, 2007 Speed et al., 2008 Jarman & Wilson, 2004 Bradshaw et al., 2007 Catlin & Jones, 2009 Speed et al., 2009 Taylor, 2007 Norman & Stevens, 2007 Catlin et al., 2010 Meekan et al., 2009 Bradshaw et al., 2008 Holmberg et al., 2008 Holmberg et al., 2009 Sleeman et al., 2010a Sleeman et al., 2010b Indonesia Stacey et al., 2008 Eckert et al., 2002 - White & Cavanagh, 2007 - Alava et al., 1997 - - - Indo-Pacific Quiros, 2005 Philippines Aca & Schmidt, 2011 Eckert et al., 2002 Quiros, 2007 Pine et al., 2007 Malaysia - (Eckert et al., 2002) - Taiwan - Hsu et al., 2007 Hsu et al., 2012 Chen et al., 1997 - Pacific Ocean Chen & Phipps, 2002 China - - - Li et al., 2012 - Japan - Matsunaga et al., 2003 - - - Duffy, 2002 - - - Duffy, 2002 - Eckert & Stewart, 2001 Rodríguez-Dowdell et al., 2007 - New Zealand Clark & Nelson, 1997 Gulf of California Nelson & Eckert, 2007 Regional / Global Graham, 2007 Norman, 2007 Fordham, 2007 Romanov, 2002 - 4 Brooks et al., 2010 Rowat, 2007 Sequeira et al., 2012 Supporting Information References Alava, M. 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