Characteristics of a manta ray Manta alfredi population off Maui, Hawaii, and implications for management

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 429, Issue , 2011, Pages 245-260

  Deakos, Mark H ^a,b   Baker, Jason D ^c   Bejder, Lars ^d  

^a Hawaii Association for Marine Education and Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic threat; Mark recapture; Movement; Population size; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; POPULATION SIZE; SHARK; SITE SELECTION; TELEOST;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MANTA ALFREDI; MOBULINAE;

EID: 79956071416     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09085     Document Type: Article

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