Visual identification of individual manta ray (Manta alfredi) in the Maldives Islands, Western Indian Ocean

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-363

  Kitchen Wheeler, Anne Marie ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantas; Scars; Ventral markings; Visual identification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARKING METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

MALDIVES;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MANTA; MANTA ALFREDI; MOBULINAE; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 77952816295     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000903233763     Document Type: Article

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