Global population trends and human use patterns of Manta and Mobula rays

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ward Paige, Christine A ^a   Davis, Brendal ^a   Worm, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVER; ELASMOBRANCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MANTA RAY; MARKETING; MOBULA RAY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOURISM; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA;

MANTA; MOBULA; MOBULINAE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84903675916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074835     Document Type: Article

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