Movement and habitat use by the spine-tail devil ray in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 465, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-200

  Croll, Donald A ^a   Newton, Kelly M ^a   Weng, Kevin ^b   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^c   O'Sullivan, John ^d   Dewar, Heidi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baja California; Conservation; Elasmobranch; Gulf of California; Manta ray; Mobula japanica; Mobulid

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; FISH; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE DATA; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BATOIDEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MOBULA JAPANICA; MOBULINAE; MYLIOBATIFORMES;

EID: 84866973587     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09900     Document Type: Article

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