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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...
Autores principales: | Jaine, Fabrice R. A., Couturier, Lydie I. E., Weeks, Scarla J., Townsend, Kathy A., Bennett, Michael B., Fiora, Kym, Richardson, Anthony J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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