Supplemental Feeding for Ecotourism Reverses Diel Activity and Alters Movement Patterns and Spatial Distribution of the Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Corcoran, Mark J ^a   Wetherbee, Bradley M ^a,b   Shivji, Mahmood S ^a   Potenski, Matthew D ^a   Chapman, Demian D ^a,c   Harvey, Guy M ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CAYMAN ISLANDS; DASYATIS AMERICANA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITAT; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION SIZE; STINGRAY; TELEMETRY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SKATES (FISH); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TRAVEL; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84875062596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059235     Document Type: Article

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