Size and structure of a photographically identified population of manta rays Manta alfredi in southern Mozambique

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1111-1124

  Marshall, A D ^a,b   Dudgeon, C L ^a   Bennett, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Manta Ray and Whale Shark Research Centre   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SEASON; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONALITY; TELEOST;

MOZAMBIQUE;

MANTA ALFREDI; MOBULINAE;

EID: 79955066750     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1634-6     Document Type: Article

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