Movements and habitat use of reef manta rays off eastern Australia: Offshore excursions, deep diving and eddy affinity revealed by satellite telemetry

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 510, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-86

  Jaine, F R A ^a,b,c   Rohner, C A ^a,b,c   Weeks, S J ^a   Couturier, L I E ^b,d   Bennett, M B ^d   Townsend, K A ^a   Richardson, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d St Lucia   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Australian Current; Eddy; Manta alfredi; Movements; Oceanography; Random walk; Satellite tracking; State space analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPERSAL; DIVING; EXTINCTION; FISH; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE; TELEMETRY; TRACKING;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LADY ELLIOT ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

MANTA ALFREDI; MOBULINAE;

EID: 84907062600     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10910     Document Type: Article

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