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When Giants Turn Up: Sighting Trends, Environmental Influences and Habitat Use of the Manta Ray Manta alfredi at a Coral Reef

Manta rays Manta alfredi are present all year round at Lady Elliot Island (LEI) in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, with peaks in abundance during autumn and winter. Drivers influencing these fluctuations in abundance of M. alfredi at the site remain uncertain. Based on daily count, behav...

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Autores principales: Jaine, Fabrice R. A., Couturier, Lydie I. E., Weeks, Scarla J., Townsend, Kathy A., Bennett, Michael B., Fiora, Kym, Richardson, Anthony J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3463571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046170