The distribution of manta rays in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern United States

The distribution of manta rays in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern United States

Abstract In 2018, the giant manta ray was listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. We integrated decades of sightings and survey effort data from multiple sources in a comprehensive species distribution modeling (SDM) framework to evaluate the distribution of giant manta rays off...

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Main Authors: Nicholas A. Farmer, Lance P. Garrison, Calusa Horn, Margaret Miller, Timothy Gowan, Robert D. Kenney, Michelle Vukovich, Julia Robinson Willmott, Jessica Pate, D. Harry Webb, Timothy J. Mullican, Joshua D. Stewart, Kim Bassos-Hull, Christian Jones, Delaney Adams, Nicole A. Pelletier, Jordan Waldron, Stephen Kajiura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10482-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10482-8

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