Residency and Use of an Important Nursery Habitat, Raja Ampat’s Wayag Lagoon, by Juvenile Reef Manta Rays (Mobula alfredi)

Residency and Use of an Important Nursery Habitat, Raja Ampat’s Wayag Lagoon, by Juvenile Reef Manta Rays (Mobula alfredi)

The behaviour and spatial use patterns of juvenile manta rays within their critical nursery habitats remain largely undocumented. Here, we report on the horizontal movements and residency of juvenile reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at a recently discovered nursery site in the Wayag lagoon, Raja Amp...

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Main Authors: Edy Setyawan, Mark V. Erdmann, Ronald Mambrasar, Abdi W. Hasan, Abraham B. Sianipar, Rochelle Constantine, Ben C. Stevenson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
movements
coral reefs
marine megafauna
home range
satellite telemetry
passive acoustic telemetry
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.815094/full

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