The geographic distribution of reef and oceanic manta rays ( Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris ) in Australian coastal waters
| Autor: | Michael B. Bennett, Christine L. Dudgeon, Amelia J. Armstrong, Asia O. Armstrong, Adam Barnett, Frazer McGregor, Anthony J. Richardson, Kátya G. Abrantes, Kathy A. Townsend |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Aerial survey 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Aquatic Science Biology biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Geographic distribution Oceanography Mobula Reef Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Fish Biology. 96:835-840 |
| ISSN: | 1095-8649 0022-1112 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jfb.14256 |
| Popis: | The known distribution of manta rays in Australian waters is patchy, with records primarily centred around tourism hotspots. We collated 11,614 records of Mobula alfredi from photo-ID databases (n = 10,715), aerial surveys (n = 378) and online reports (n = 521). The study confirms an uninterrupted coastal distribution from north of 26 degrees S and 31 degrees S on the west and east coasts, respectively. More southerly M. alfredi records relate to warm-water events with a southernmost extent at 34 degrees S. Coastal sightings of Mobula birostris were rare (n = 32), likely reflecting a preference for offshore waters, but encompass a wider latitudinal extent than M. alfredi of 10-40 degrees S. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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