Distribution, site affinity and regional movements of the manta ray, Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868), along the east coast of Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 628-637

  Couturier, Lydie I E ^a,b   Jaine, Fabrice R A ^a,b   Townsend, Kathy A ^a   Weeks, Scarla J ^a   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,b   Bennett, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

elasmobranch; migration; photographic identification; seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOURISM;

AUSTRALIA; BYRON BAY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MANTA ALFREDI; MOBULINAE;

EID: 79959774623     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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