Satellite tracking of manta rays highlights challenges to their conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Graham, Rachel T ^a,b   Witt, Matthew J ^b   Castellanos, Dan W ^a   Remolina, Francisco ^c   Maxwell, Sara ^d,e   Godley, Brendan J ^b   Hawkes, Lucy A ^b,f  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Belize)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Domino Project National Commission of Protected Areas   (Mexico)

^d Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MANTA BIROSTRIS; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TELEMETRY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SKATES (FISH); SPACE FLIGHT;

MANTA BIROSTRIS; MOBULINAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SKATES (FISH); SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84860998260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036834     Document Type: Article

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