Observations of mesoscale movements in the short-tailed stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata from New Zealand using a novel PSAT tag attachment method

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 359, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-117

  Le Port, Agnès ^a   Sippel, Tim ^b   Montgomery, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diel behaviour; Migration; New tagging method; Satellite telemetry; Seasonal; Stingray

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; FISH; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAGGING; TELEMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; POOR KNIGHTS ISLANDS; POOR KNIGHTS ISLANDS MARINE RESERVE;

DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS BREVICAUDATA;

EID: 43049157963     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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